Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the RevolutionAppleton, 1846 - 295 páginas With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as they existed previous to the Revolution. Mrs. Grant of Laggan, as she was called, spent several years of her childhood in America, where her father was in the military service, returning to Scotland in 1770, at the age of fifteen. The “ American lady ” who is here described is Mrs. Schuyler of Albany, an aunt of Gen. Schuyler, a lady of great character and intelligence, in whose household the young Scotch girl was for some time on a very intimate footing. The volume shows a remarkable tenacity of memory, as well as a graceful and animated pen. The first forty-three chapters (out of sixty-six) are of a general nature, giving a lively sketch of society and manners among the Dutch families at Albany, and a somewhat detailed history of the Schuyler family. The rest of the volume describes the author's own experiences, chiefly at Oswego, where her father's regiment was stationed, and afterwards at Albany. |
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... short ; and especially for the fishing parties , which she humorously de- scribed , and especially noticed the vexation of the lads , and the merriment of the lasses with the boys , when they only caught drows instead of trout . Mrs ...
... , " that is really good and desirable . They , again , in whom virtue is not supported by wisdom , are often , with the best intentions , made subservient to the short - sighted craft of the artful and designing . INTRODUCTION PAGE.
... short - sighted craft of the artful and designing . Hence , though we may be at times dazzled with the blaze of heroic achieve- ment , or contemplate with a purer satisfaction those " awful fathers of mankind , " by whom nations were ...
... short - sighted policy might have proved fatal , had not these patriotic leaders , by their example and influence , checked for a while such illiberal and danger- ous practices . It is a fact singular and worth attending to , from the ...
... short , the province daily rose in impor- tance ; and being in a great measure protected by the Mohawk tribes , the policy of courting their alliance , and of impressing their minds with an exalted idea of the power and grandeur of the ...
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