A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Band 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 |
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... 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 , captain ; but for the sake of argument let it be so . But first re- collect that we have a ...
... 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 , captain ; but for the sake of argument let it be so . But first re- collect that we have a ...
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... authority , still they are very orderly and well behaved . You never see them drunk in the streets ; you never hear swearing or abusive language ; and you do in London and your sea- ports . There is a decorum and sense of pro- priety ...
... authority , still they are very orderly and well behaved . You never see them drunk in the streets ; you never hear swearing or abusive language ; and you do in London and your sea- ports . There is a decorum and sense of pro- priety ...
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... authority as well as my own observation , that a great alte- ration has taken place , and that the manufac- tories have retrograded with the whole mass of American society . In the first place , I never heard a more accomplished swearer ...
... authority as well as my own observation , that a great alte- ration has taken place , and that the manufac- tories have retrograded with the whole mass of American society . In the first place , I never heard a more accomplished swearer ...
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... authority I speak from is un- doubted , at the same time I wish to say as little as possible . That there are fewer illegi- timate children born in the United States is very true . But why so ? because public opi- nion there acts as the ...
... authority I speak from is un- doubted , at the same time I wish to say as little as possible . That there are fewer illegi- timate children born in the United States is very true . But why so ? because public opi- nion there acts as the ...
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... authority ; and fifty years have proved the wisdom and foresight of the observation . Gra- dually as the aristocracy of the country wore * Washington's letter to Chief Justice Jay , 10th March , 1787 . out ( for there was an aristocracy ...
... authority ; and fifty years have proved the wisdom and foresight of the observation . Gra- dually as the aristocracy of the country wore * Washington's letter to Chief Justice Jay , 10th March , 1787 . out ( for there was an aristocracy ...
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