A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions, Volume 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 - Canada |
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Page 9
... young ladies in the South carry , in their work - boxes , & c . , pig - tail , nicely ornamented with gold and coloured papers ; and when their swains are at fault administer to their wants , thus meriting their affections by such ...
... young ladies in the South carry , in their work - boxes , & c . , pig - tail , nicely ornamented with gold and coloured papers ; and when their swains are at fault administer to their wants , thus meriting their affections by such ...
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... and duelling always has been , and always will be , one of the evils of democracy . I have , I believe , before in all its faults , very like to a young observed , that in many points a young nation is , 16 DIARY IN AMERICA .
... and duelling always has been , and always will be , one of the evils of democracy . I have , I believe , before in all its faults , very like to a young observed , that in many points a young nation is , 16 DIARY IN AMERICA .
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... young individual ; and this is one in which the comparison holds good . But there are other causes for , and other incentives to this practice , besides the false idea that it is a proof of courage . Slander and de- traction are the ...
... young individual ; and this is one in which the comparison holds good . But there are other causes for , and other incentives to this practice , besides the false idea that it is a proof of courage . Slander and de- traction are the ...
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... young and healthy , and although he had been used to a life of literary idleness , he had made up his mind to the change , and taken up the axe , -a thing very few people can do . I never saw a person appa- rently more cheerful and ...
... young and healthy , and although he had been used to a life of literary idleness , he had made up his mind to the change , and taken up the axe , -a thing very few people can do . I never saw a person appa- rently more cheerful and ...
Page 32
... young and healthy , and although he had been used to a life of literary idleness , he had made up his mind to the change , and taken up the axe , -a thing very few people can do . I never saw a person appa- rently more cheerful and ...
... young and healthy , and although he had been used to a life of literary idleness , he had made up his mind to the change , and taken up the axe , -a thing very few people can do . I never saw a person appa- rently more cheerful and ...
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