American Notes for General Circulation, Volumen2Chapman and Hall, 1842 - 306 páginas |
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... sits upon the box . As I am that one , I climb up ; and while they are strapping the luggage on the roof , and heaping it into a kind of tray behind , have a good opportunity of looking at the driver . He is a negro - very black indeed ...
... sits upon the box . As I am that one , I climb up ; and while they are strapping the luggage on the roof , and heaping it into a kind of tray behind , have a good opportunity of looking at the driver . He is a negro - very black indeed ...
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... sits brooding , ( I have frequently heard this admitted , even by those who are its warmest advocates ) : there is an air of ruin and decay abroad , which is inseparable from the system . The barns and outhouses are mouldering away ...
... sits brooding , ( I have frequently heard this admitted , even by those who are its warmest advocates ) : there is an air of ruin and decay abroad , which is inseparable from the system . The barns and outhouses are mouldering away ...
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... sit there ; nor did I hear him speak again until , in the midst of the bustle and turmoil of getting the luggage ashore in the dark at Pittsburg , I stumbled over him as he sat smoking a cigar on the cabin steps , and heard him ...
... sit there ; nor did I hear him speak again until , in the midst of the bustle and turmoil of getting the luggage ashore in the dark at Pittsburg , I stumbled over him as he sat smoking a cigar on the cabin steps , and heard him ...
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... sit in peace and gaze upon the shifting prospect , we took possession of our new quarters with much plea- sure . If the native packets I have already described be unlike anything we are in the habit of seeing on water , these western ...
... sit in peace and gaze upon the shifting prospect , we took possession of our new quarters with much plea- sure . If the native packets I have already described be unlike anything we are in the habit of seeing on water , these western ...
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... sits down , dull and languid ; swallows his fare as if breakfasts , dinners , and suppers , were necessities of nature never to be coupled with recreation or enjoyment ; and having bolted his 76 PITTSBURG TO CINCINNATI .
... sits down , dull and languid ; swallows his fare as if breakfasts , dinners , and suppers , were necessities of nature never to be coupled with recreation or enjoyment ; and having bolted his 76 PITTSBURG TO CINCINNATI .
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Página 178 - Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one - instant and lasting - of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal Rest and Happiness: nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart, an Image of Beauty; to remain there, changeless and indelible, until its pulses cease to beat, for ever.
Página 292 - So should be acquiring a large property by the most infamous and odious means, and notwithstanding all the crimes of which he has been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your Citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not ? " "Yes, Sir." "A convicted liar?" "Yes, Sir." "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?" "Yes, Sir." "And he is utterly dishonourable, debased, and profligate?-' "Yes, Sir." " In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit ? " " Well, Sir, he is a smart man.
Página 62 - ... the lazy motion of the boat, when one lay idly on the deck, looking through, rather than at, the deep blue sky; the gliding on at night, so noiselessly, past frowning hills, sullen with dark trees, and sometimes angry in one red burning spot high up, where unseen men lay crouching round a fire; the shining out of the bright stars undisturbed by noise of wheels or steam, or any other sound than the limpid rippling of the water as the boat went on: all these were pure delights.
Página 180 - I think in every quiet season now, still do those waters roll and leap, and roar and tumble, all day long ; still are the rainbows spanning them a hundred feet below. Still, when the sun is on them, do they shine and glow like molten gold. Still, when the day is gloomy, do they fall like snow...
Página 256 - I warn the abolitionists," says South Carolina, " ignorant, infuriated barbarians as they are, that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands, he may expect a felon's death.
Página 79 - For miles, and miles, and miles, these solitudes are unbroken by any sign of human life or trace of human footstep ; nor is anything seen to move about them but the blue jay, whose color is so bright, and yet so delicate, that it looks like a flying flower.
Página 204 - ... we shall to the end of all things, it is very much harder for the poor to be virtuous than it is for the rich ; and the good that is in them, shines the brighter for it. In many a noble mansion lives a man, the best of husbands and of fathers, whose private worth in both capacities is justly lauded to the skies. But bring him here, upon this crowded deck. Strip from his fair young wife her silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek...
Página 11 - IN the river. The river has a clayey bottom, and is full of holes, so that half a horse is constantly disappearing unexpectedly, and can't be found again for some time. " But we get past even this, and come to the road itself, which is a series of alternate swamps and gravel-pits. A tremendous place is close before us, the black driver rolls his eyes, screws his mouth up very round, and looks straight between the two leaders, as if he were saying to himself, ' We have done this before, but now I...
Página 180 - Still, when the sun is on them, do they shine and glow like molten gold. Still, when the day is gloomy, do they fall like snow, or seem to crumble away like the front of a great chalk cliff, or roll down the rock like dense white smoke. But always does the mighty stream appear to die as it comes down, and always from its unfathomable grave arises that tremendous ghost of spray and mist which is never laid : which has haunted this place with the same dread solemnity since Darkness brooded on the deep,...
Página 172 - I to find fault with a funny old lady who was an upper domestic in this establishment, and who, when she came to wait upon us at any meal, sat herself down comfortably in the most convenient chair, and producing a large pin to pick her teeth with, remained performing that ceremony, and steadfastly regarding us meanwhile with much gravity and composure (now and then pressing us to eat a little more), until it was time to clear away. It was enough for us, that whatever we wished done was done with...