A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Band 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 |
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... York merchant always walks as if he had a good dinner before him , and a bailiff behind him , " and the metaphor is not inapt . Now , a man so wholly engrossed in business cannot be a very good companion if he were at home ; his ...
... York merchant always walks as if he had a good dinner before him , and a bailiff behind him , " and the metaphor is not inapt . Now , a man so wholly engrossed in business cannot be a very good companion if he were at home ; his ...
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... York with the first intelligence of the wreck of the Home , ' and the dreadful loss of life attending it , that my news was received with a " dear me ! " from two or three of the ladies , and there the matter dropped . There is , how ...
... York with the first intelligence of the wreck of the Home , ' and the dreadful loss of life attending it , that my news was received with a " dear me ! " from two or three of the ladies , and there the matter dropped . There is , how ...
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... 66 " I reckon that's no compliment , captain . Now , then , do you mean to say that you think there is as much conjugal infidelity in New York , in proportion to the population , as there is in London ? Now , captain , if you 40 SOCIETY .
... 66 " I reckon that's no compliment , captain . Now , then , do you mean to say that you think there is as much conjugal infidelity in New York , in proportion to the population , as there is in London ? Now , captain , if you 40 SOCIETY .
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... York , taking the extent of the populations , than in London or Paris ? I have it from Ame- rican authority , and I have every reason to be- lieve that it is true . " " I am surprised that any American should have made such an admission ...
... York , taking the extent of the populations , than in London or Paris ? I have it from Ame- rican authority , and I have every reason to be- lieve that it is true . " " I am surprised that any American should have made such an admission ...
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... York gentleman to me , " you will see plants , such as rhododendrons , magnolias , and hundreds of others , such as they have no conception of in your own country . " One of Jim Crow's verses in America is a fair copy from us ...
... York gentleman to me , " you will see plants , such as rhododendrons , magnolias , and hundreds of others , such as they have no conception of in your own country . " One of Jim Crow's verses in America is a fair copy from us ...
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