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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... manners of a people . In the opulent families , there is always a negro placed on the look - out , to announce the coming of any visitant ; and the moment a carriage , or horseman , is descried , each negro changes his every day garb ...
... manners of a people . In the opulent families , there is always a negro placed on the look - out , to announce the coming of any visitant ; and the moment a carriage , or horseman , is descried , each negro changes his every day garb ...
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... manners , had they been born free , and with the same advantages in the scale of society ? It is to civilization that even Euro- peans owe their superiority over the savage ; who knows only how to hunt and fish , to hew out a canoe from ...
... manners , had they been born free , and with the same advantages in the scale of society ? It is to civilization that even Euro- peans owe their superiority over the savage ; who knows only how to hunt and fish , to hew out a canoe from ...
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... in Carolina exhibits not that unrestrained intercourse which characterises English manners . And this remark will apply throughout the States of the Union . The Eng- ; * lish have been called reserved ; and an G 4 95.
... in Carolina exhibits not that unrestrained intercourse which characterises English manners . And this remark will apply throughout the States of the Union . The Eng- ; * lish have been called reserved ; and an G 4 95.
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... manners from Ad- dison and Steele , entertains a contemptible opinion of the cheerfulness that prevails in the nook - shotten isle of Albion . But let the cheerfulness of both countries be fairly weighed , and I believe the scale will ...
... manners from Ad- dison and Steele , entertains a contemptible opinion of the cheerfulness that prevails in the nook - shotten isle of Albion . But let the cheerfulness of both countries be fairly weighed , and I believe the scale will ...
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... lolled on sophas instead of sitting on chairs , and were always attended by their negroes to fan them with a peacock's feather . Such manners were ill - suited to an Englishman loved his ease ; and who , whenever their 106.
... lolled on sophas instead of sitting on chairs , and were always attended by their negroes to fan them with a peacock's feather . Such manners were ill - suited to an Englishman loved his ease ; and who , whenever their 106.
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