Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802T. Ostell, 1803 - 454 páginas |
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... observation , count with profound gravity the number of miles from place to place ; and others , intent only upon feeding , supply a bill of fare . A family likeness prevails through the whole . Their humour bears . no proportion to ...
... observation , count with profound gravity the number of miles from place to place ; and others , intent only upon feeding , supply a bill of fare . A family likeness prevails through the whole . Their humour bears . no proportion to ...
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... observed , When the blind leads the blind , they shall both of them fall . From Trenton I was conveyed over the Dela- ware in the ferry - boat , with an elderly man , clad in the garb of a Quaker . His looks beamed be- nignity , and his ...
... observed , When the blind leads the blind , they shall both of them fall . From Trenton I was conveyed over the Dela- ware in the ferry - boat , with an elderly man , clad in the garb of a Quaker . His looks beamed be- nignity , and his ...
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... observed that his house was not like an American house ; that he did not in summer put twelve beds in one room ; but that every lodger had a room to himself , and Monsieur , added he very solemnly , " Ici il ne sera pas neces- saire de ...
... observed that his house was not like an American house ; that he did not in summer put twelve beds in one room ; but that every lodger had a room to himself , and Monsieur , added he very solemnly , " Ici il ne sera pas neces- saire de ...
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... observed , I believe , by Horace , that there have lived many herocs not inferior in prowess to those of the Iliad , but that for want of a bard to sing their feats , they might as well have not achieved them . But how many characters ...
... observed , I believe , by Horace , that there have lived many herocs not inferior in prowess to those of the Iliad , but that for want of a bard to sing their feats , they might as well have not achieved them . But how many characters ...
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... observed the Doctor's eyes brighten at the first dinner we made on board , who expressed to me a hope that we might be a month on the passage , as he wished to eat out the money the captain had charged him . The first night the man at ...
... observed the Doctor's eyes brighten at the first dinner we made on board , who expressed to me a hope that we might be a month on the passage , as he wished to eat out the money the captain had charged him . The first night the man at ...
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