Men and Manners in America, Volume 2Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833 |
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... morning we left York . Inured , as I had been , on the present journey , to what appeared the most wretched vehicles on earth , I soon discovered in the one in which I now embarked , an illustration of the adage , that in every depth ...
... morning we left York . Inured , as I had been , on the present journey , to what appeared the most wretched vehicles on earth , I soon discovered in the one in which I now embarked , an illustration of the adage , that in every depth ...
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... morning rejoiced to find myself stretched in a comfortable bed at Gadsby's . The capital of the Federal Union is situated on a point of land formed by the bifurcation of the Potomac , about a hundred and twenty miles from the sea ...
... morning rejoiced to find myself stretched in a comfortable bed at Gadsby's . The capital of the Federal Union is situated on a point of land formed by the bifurcation of the Potomac , about a hundred and twenty miles from the sea ...
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... morning after my arrival , having despatched my letters , I returned to the Capitol , where I passed the morning very agreeably in the Senate and the House of Representatives . The Speaker of the latter , and the Vice - President of the ...
... morning after my arrival , having despatched my letters , I returned to the Capitol , where I passed the morning very agreeably in the Senate and the House of Representatives . The Speaker of the latter , and the Vice - President of the ...
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... morning , and long distances and heavy charges are all in their favour . Washington , too , is the only place in the Union where people consider it necessary to be agreeable , -where pleasing , as in the Old World , becomes a sort of ...
... morning , and long distances and heavy charges are all in their favour . Washington , too , is the only place in the Union where people consider it necessary to be agreeable , -where pleasing , as in the Old World , becomes a sort of ...
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... make any change in their morning habiliments , and their boots certainly displayed no indication of any recent intimacy with Day and Martin . Others were in worsted stock- 22 PRESENTATION TO THE PRESIDENT . ings , and their.
... make any change in their morning habiliments , and their boots certainly displayed no indication of any recent intimacy with Day and Martin . Others were in worsted stock- 22 PRESENTATION TO THE PRESIDENT . ings , and their.
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