Letters from an American FarmerFox, Duffield, 1904 - 355 страници A large part of the book is devoted to a description of the town of Nantucket. |
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... natives of the Europeans ! They trade with them , the worst of people are per- mitted to do that which none but persons of the best characters should be employed in . They get get drunk with them , and often defraud the Indians WHAT IS ...
... natives of the Europeans ! They trade with them , the worst of people are per- mitted to do that which none but persons of the best characters should be employed in . They get get drunk with them , and often defraud the Indians WHAT IS ...
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... native land , his kindred , and induced him to traverse a boisterous ocean . It is there I want to observe his first thoughts and feelings , the first essays of an industry , which hitherto has been suppressed . I wish to see men cut ...
... native land , his kindred , and induced him to traverse a boisterous ocean . It is there I want to observe his first thoughts and feelings , the first essays of an industry , which hitherto has been suppressed . I wish to see men cut ...
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... native island in particular ; of the customs and modes of living of the inhabitants ; greatly entertained me . Pray is the sterility of the soil the cause that there are no trees , or is it because there are none planted ? What are the ...
... native island in particular ; of the customs and modes of living of the inhabitants ; greatly entertained me . Pray is the sterility of the soil the cause that there are no trees , or is it because there are none planted ? What are the ...
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... native Americans are but too well acquainted . Here then is honest Andrew , invested with every municipal advantage they confer ; become a freeholder , possessed of a vote , of a place of residence , a citizen of the province of Penn ...
... native Americans are but too well acquainted . Here then is honest Andrew , invested with every municipal advantage they confer ; become a freeholder , possessed of a vote , of a place of residence , a citizen of the province of Penn ...
Страница 121
... to prove what man- kind can do when happily governed ! Here I can point out to you exertions of the most suc- cessful industry ; instances of native sagacity un- assisted assisted by science ; the happy fruits of a well NANTUCKET . 121.
... to prove what man- kind can do when happily governed ! Here I can point out to you exertions of the most suc- cessful industry ; instances of native sagacity un- assisted assisted by science ; the happy fruits of a well NANTUCKET . 121.
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Страница 48 - He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.
Страница 49 - Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the Western pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor and industry which began long since in the East; they will finish the great circle.
Страница 259 - Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God...
Страница 48 - French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced...
Страница 50 - The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury, and useless labour, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence. This is an American.
Страница 42 - Here he beholds fair cities, substantial villages, extensive fields, an immense country filled with decent houses, good roads, orchards, meadows, and bridges, where an hundred years ago all was wild, woody, and uncultivated!
Страница 44 - If he travels through our rural districts he views not the hostile castle and the haughty mansion, contrasted with the clay-built hut and miserable cabin, where cattle and men help to keep each other warm, and dwell in meanness, smoke, and indigence.
Страница 71 - He begins to feel the effects of a sort of resurrection; hitherto he had not lived, but simply vegetated; he now feels himself a man because he is treated as such; the laws of his own country had overlooked him in his insignificancy; the laws of this cover him with their mantle.