American Notes for General Circulation, Volumen2Chapman and Hall, 1842 - 306 páginas |
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... of slumber in the berths , on the chairs , on the floors , on the tables , and particularly round the stove , my detested enemy . I take another step forward , and slip upon the shining face of a THE POTOMAC RIVER . 5.
... of slumber in the berths , on the chairs , on the floors , on the tables , and particularly round the stove , my detested enemy . I take another step forward , and slip upon the shining face of a THE POTOMAC RIVER . 5.
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Charles Dickens. forward , and slip upon the shining face of a blac steward , who lies rolled in a blanket on th floor . He jumps up , grins , half in pain and ha in hospitality ; whispers my own name in my ear and groping among the ...
Charles Dickens. forward , and slip upon the shining face of a blac steward , who lies rolled in a blanket on th floor . He jumps up , grins , half in pain and ha in hospitality ; whispers my own name in my ear and groping among the ...
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... faces very low in the scale of intellectual expres- sion . But the darkness - not of skin , but mind- which meets the stranger's eye at every turn ; the brutalizing and blotting out of all the fairer char- acters traced by Nature's hand ...
... faces very low in the scale of intellectual expres- sion . But the darkness - not of skin , but mind- which meets the stranger's eye at every turn ; the brutalizing and blotting out of all the fairer char- acters traced by Nature's hand ...
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... faces for t first time must surely be . I left the last of them behind me in the pers of a wretched drudge , who , after running to a fro all day till midnight , and moping in his stealt winks of sleep upon the stairs betweenwhiles , w ...
... faces for t first time must surely be . I left the last of them behind me in the pers of a wretched drudge , who , after running to a fro all day till midnight , and moping in his stealt winks of sleep upon the stairs betweenwhiles , w ...
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... face wards the rain ; and except when a change position brought his shoes in contact with my 1 he appeared to be asleep . At last , on some casion of our stopping , this thing slowly uprea itself to the height of three feet six , and ...
... face wards the rain ; and except when a change position brought his shoes in contact with my 1 he appeared to be asleep . At last , on some casion of our stopping , this thing slowly uprea itself to the height of three feet six , and ...
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abolitionist ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS America appearance beautiful Belleville BLACK DRIVER boat breakfast bright BROWN cabin called canal captain chair CHARLES DICKENS cheerful Cincinnati cloth coach coachman coloured course dark deck distance Doctor Crocus dollars reward door England English eyes gentleman GEORGE CRUIKSHANK GNOMONIC PROJECTION Grant county hand Harrisburg head horses hour Indians Jiddy journey kind Kingston ladies Lebanon light little woman live look looking-glass meal ment miles Mississippi Montreal morning nearly negro never Niagara night o'clock passed passengers Phrenology pistol PITTSBURG pretty Public opinion rienced river road rolling roof round Sandusky scar seemed Shaker ship shot side SIX MAPS slavery slaves soon stage-coach steamboat stopped STRAW street THREE MAPS tion took town travelling trees turned vessel village Vinyard walk wharf wind window
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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 178 - ... life receded from my view, and lessened in the distance, during the ten memorable days we passed on that Enchanted Ground ! What voices spoke from out the thundering water ; what faces, faded from the earth, looked out upon me from its gleaming depths ; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angels1 tears, the drops of many hues, that showered around, and twined themselves about the gorgeous arches which the changing rainbows made ! I never stirred in all that time from the Canadian side, whither...
Página 109 - At the junction of the two rivers, on ground so flat and low and marshy, that at certain seasons-of the year it is inundated to the house-tops, lies a breeding-place of fever, ague, and death ; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people's ruin.
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 260 - Ran away, a negro woman and two children. A few days before she went off, I burnt her with a hot iron, on the left side of her face. I tried to make the letter M.
Página 293 - ... custom, so very prevalent in country towns, of married persons living in hotels, having no fireside of their own, and seldom meeting from early morning until late at night, but at the hasty public meals. The love of trade is a reason why the literature of America is to remain for ever unprotected : "For we are a trading people, and don't care for poetry...
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 13 - Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank ; so steep, that the black driver's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately recovers himself, and cries (still to the horses), "Pill!
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...
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,...