 | Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley - 1851 - 492 Seiten
...Garden — West Point — The Traitor Arnold and Major Andre — Constitution Island — Oppressive Heat of the Weather. WE again find ourselves, on the...say what they please of them, I am determined not to be prejudiced, but to judge of them exactly as I find them ; and I shall most pertinaciously continue... | |
 | Emmeline Stuart Wortley - 1851 - 492 Seiten
...during our journey. The number of people who are said to have died from the effects of coup de solcii here, is quite extraordinary. I like the Americans...away a favorable impression of them. As for me, let othci- travelers say what they please of them, I am determined not to be prejudiced, but to judge of... | |
 | 1851 - 642 Seiten
...as what is said of them. We give besides the extract, a period or two of comment by Mr. WILLIS : " ' I like the Americans more and more : either they have...favorable impression of them. As for me, let other travellers say what they please of them, I am determined not to be prejudiced, but to judge of them... | |
 | 1851 - 638 Seiten
...as what is said of them. We give besides the extract, a period or two of comment by Mr. WILLIS : " ' I like the Americans more and more : either they have...should carry away a favorable impression of them. At for me, let other travellers say what they please of them, I am determined not to be prejudiced,... | |
 | 1852 - 572 Seiten
...pleasant." — The volume is flattering to Americans indeed. " I like the Americans more and more ; cither they have improved wonderfully lately, or else the criticisms on them have been cruelly exaggerated. I have witnessed but very few isolated cases, as yet, of the unrefined habits so usually ascribed to... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1886 - 586 Seiten
...Americans out of hand. " The manners of the Americans are the best I ever saw," says Harriet Martineau. " I like the Americans more and more; either they have...criticisms on them have been cruelly exaggerated," says Lady Wortley. And, as spoke these early travellers, so speak the later ones of their own sex;... | |
 | 1886 - 860 Seiten
...Americans out of hand. "The manners of the Americans are the best I ever saw," says Harriet Martineau. " I like the Americans more and more ; either they have...criticisms on them have been cruelly exaggerated," says Lady Wortley. And, as spoke these early travellers, so speak the later ones of their own sex;... | |
 | Clare Sheridan - 1922 - 392 Seiten
...of humor and her naivete have a charm that I cannot compete with. Beginning with New York, she says, "I like the Americans more and more, either they have...carry away a favorable impression of them. As for me — / am determined not to be prejudiced, but to judge of them exactly as I find them; and I shall... | |
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Other travelers say what they please of them, I am determined not to be prejudiced, but to judge of them exactly as I find them ; and I shall most pertinaciously continue to praise them (if I see no good cause to alter my present humble opinion), and... 