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Page 91
... American will not often betray him ; that of an Eng- lishman will ; so will that of a Scot , or an Irishman , unless he be of the highest class , when his English is often remarkable for purity . But there are no provincials in the ...
... American will not often betray him ; that of an Eng- lishman will ; so will that of a Scot , or an Irishman , unless he be of the highest class , when his English is often remarkable for purity . But there are no provincials in the ...
Page 92
... American character . But then the first - the story about " that are trifle , " is an American Joe Miller . Mr Jar- vis , a portrait painter of New York a man of remarkable power and drollery - is the person of whom Mr Matthews had it ...
... American character . But then the first - the story about " that are trifle , " is an American Joe Miller . Mr Jar- vis , a portrait painter of New York a man of remarkable power and drollery - is the person of whom Mr Matthews had it ...
Page 94
... America ; and I have sometimes laughed very heartily at the reciprocal prejudices of the English and Ameri- can women . I have heard an English woman complain of a beastly American for spitting into the fire : and I have heard an American ...
... America ; and I have sometimes laughed very heartily at the reciprocal prejudices of the English and Ameri- can women . I have heard an English woman complain of a beastly American for spitting into the fire : and I have heard an American ...
Page 95
Englishman has more courage ; the American more spirit . The former would be better in defence , the latter in attack . A beaten Englishman is formidable still - A beaten American is good for nothing , for a time . The countenance of ...
Englishman has more courage ; the American more spirit . The former would be better in defence , the latter in attack . A beaten Englishman is formidable still - A beaten American is good for nothing , for a time . The countenance of ...
Page 96
... American more wit . One has more good sense ; the other more enthusiasm . Either would go to the scaffold with a beloved one : but the female American would go there in a delirium ; the Englishwoman de- liberately , like a martyr . And ...
... American more wit . One has more good sense ; the other more enthusiasm . Either would go to the scaffold with a beloved one : but the female American would go there in a delirium ; the Englishwoman de- liberately , like a martyr . And ...
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