Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802Holt, 1909 - 429 páginas |
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... received duly your letter of August 31 , in which you do me the honour to propose to dedicate to me the work you are about to publish . Such a testimony of respect from an enlightened Foreigner cannot but be flattering to me , and I ...
... received duly your letter of August 31 , in which you do me the honour to propose to dedicate to me the work you are about to publish . Such a testimony of respect from an enlightened Foreigner cannot but be flattering to me , and I ...
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... received us po- litely , and regaled us with some cyder . She had left port only a fortnight ; but it took the ill - fated Two Brothers a month to get thither . We parted with regret . The Captain of her was of a social , friendly ...
... received us po- litely , and regaled us with some cyder . She had left port only a fortnight ; but it took the ill - fated Two Brothers a month to get thither . We parted with regret . The Captain of her was of a social , friendly ...
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... received with the urbanity I had anticipated . Neither my friend's letter , nor his book , could soften the features of the stern American ; and were the world to read the volume with as little interest as he , it would soon be ...
... received with the urbanity I had anticipated . Neither my friend's letter , nor his book , could soften the features of the stern American ; and were the world to read the volume with as little interest as he , it would soon be ...
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... received me with that urbanity which , while it precludes familiarity , banishes restraint ; and discovered by his conversation , that he was not less skilled in elegant literature , than the science of graciousness and attraction . Mr ...
... received me with that urbanity which , while it precludes familiarity , banishes restraint ; and discovered by his conversation , that he was not less skilled in elegant literature , than the science of graciousness and attraction . Mr ...
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... received me with a bowing mien , and called Jeannette for the passepartout to shew me his apartments . He exercised all his eloquence to make me lodge in his hotel . He observed that his house was not like an American house ; that he ...
... received me with a bowing mien , and called Jeannette for the passepartout to shew me his apartments . He exercised all his eloquence to make me lodge in his hotel . He observed that his house was not like an American house ; that he ...
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