A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions, Volume 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 - Canada |
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Page 9
... towns , I have seen at silk - mercers and hosiers this notice stuck up in the window- " Dulcissi mus chewing - tobacco . " - So prevalent is the habit of chewing , and so little , from long custom , do the ladies care about it , that I ...
... towns , I have seen at silk - mercers and hosiers this notice stuck up in the window- " Dulcissi mus chewing - tobacco . " - So prevalent is the habit of chewing , and so little , from long custom , do the ladies care about it , that I ...
Page 25
... towns and vil- lages rise up first , and the communications are made afterwards ; in the United States , the roads are made first , and when made , towns VOL . II . DIARY IN AMERICA . 25.
... towns and vil- lages rise up first , and the communications are made afterwards ; in the United States , the roads are made first , and when made , towns VOL . II . DIARY IN AMERICA . 25.
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... towns and villages make their appearance on each side of them , just as the birds drop down for their aliment upon the fresh furrows made across the fallow by the plough . From Hamilton , on Lake Ontario , to Brad- ford , the country is ...
... towns and villages make their appearance on each side of them , just as the birds drop down for their aliment upon the fresh furrows made across the fallow by the plough . From Hamilton , on Lake Ontario , to Brad- ford , the country is ...
Page 27
... town , when I was there , in a waggon with a pair of good horses ; in the waggon were some daughters of one of their chiefs ; they were very richly dressed after their own fashion , their pet- ticoats and leggings being worked with ...
... town , when I was there , in a waggon with a pair of good horses ; in the waggon were some daughters of one of their chiefs ; they were very richly dressed after their own fashion , their pet- ticoats and leggings being worked with ...
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... town . The land here is considered to be the finest in the whole province , and the country the most healthy . From London to Chatham the roads are really awful . I had the pleasure of tumbling over head and ears into a mud hole , at ...
... town . The land here is considered to be the finest in the whole province , and the country the most healthy . From London to Chatham the roads are really awful . I had the pleasure of tumbling over head and ears into a mud hole , at ...
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