A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Band 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 43
Seite 7
... fact , arising from the calculating spirit of the gentlemen , who are apt to consider 20,000 dollars as preferable to 10,000 , that the American girls are not too hasty in surrendering their hearts . I knew a young lady who was engaged ...
... fact , arising from the calculating spirit of the gentlemen , who are apt to consider 20,000 dollars as preferable to 10,000 , that the American girls are not too hasty in surrendering their hearts . I knew a young lady who was engaged ...
Seite 14
... fact is , Sir , I'm much too good for you , and Captain Marryat says so . " ( I flatter myself there's a little mischief in that last sentence . ) It appears , then , that the American woman has little of her husband's society , and ...
... fact is , Sir , I'm much too good for you , and Captain Marryat says so . " ( I flatter myself there's a little mischief in that last sentence . ) It appears , then , that the American woman has little of her husband's society , and ...
Seite 25
... fact which ought to convince her that they are the weaker vessels . I refer to what she acknow- ledges to be true , which is , that the evangelical preachers invariably apply to women for prose- lytes , instead of men ; not only in ...
... fact which ought to convince her that they are the weaker vessels . I refer to what she acknow- ledges to be true , which is , that the evangelical preachers invariably apply to women for prose- lytes , instead of men ; not only in ...
Seite 27
... fact . It will be seen at a glance how such an arrangement tends to vitiate marriage : how it offers impunity to adventurers , and encourage- ment to every kind of mercenary marriages ; how absolute is its oppression of the injured ...
... fact . It will be seen at a glance how such an arrangement tends to vitiate marriage : how it offers impunity to adventurers , and encourage- ment to every kind of mercenary marriages ; how absolute is its oppression of the injured ...
Seite 35
... facts , and permits the guilty parties to escape without censure , for what they consider the honour of the nation ? To suppose that there is no conjugal infidelity in the United States , is to suppose that human nature is not the same ...
... facts , and permits the guilty parties to escape without censure , for what they consider the honour of the nation ? To suppose that there is no conjugal infidelity in the United States , is to suppose that human nature is not the same ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admit Ameri American American author American women appears aristo aristocracy assert become bill of attainder Botany Bay Captain cause character citizens clock Congress consider Constitution corruption court cracy crime demo democracy democratic party demoralization despotism divorce dollars duties election electors England English equal evil excitement fact favour Federal Government feeling Florida war form of government gentleman granted honour increase Indians instance institutions ladies land legislation letter liberty Loco-focos Lycurgus majority marriage ment militia Miss Martineau moral courage nation never number of votes observed obtained opinion patriotism perjury person population portion present President prove punishment racter received remarks republic respect rican Sam Slick Senate shew shewn society South Carolina speaking standard of morality stitution sufficient Switzerland Theatre thing thousand tion Tocqueville says treaty Union United United States treasurer vice Vice-President virtue whole number woman York