Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States of AmericaLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 - 462 страница |
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... mode of living for those who do not keep house , is at hotels , taverns , or private boarding - houses . My present residence is at one of the latter description . There are two public apartments , one for a sitting , the other a dining ...
... mode of living for those who do not keep house , is at hotels , taverns , or private boarding - houses . My present residence is at one of the latter description . There are two public apartments , one for a sitting , the other a dining ...
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... mode of exhibiting that dignified feeling . I disapprove most decidedly of the obsequious servility of the London shopkeepers , but I am not prepared to go the length of those in New York , who stand with their hats on , or sit or lie ...
... mode of exhibiting that dignified feeling . I disapprove most decidedly of the obsequious servility of the London shopkeepers , but I am not prepared to go the length of those in New York , who stand with their hats on , or sit or lie ...
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... mode of letting houses different from ours . You will not of course take information so loosely col- lected as the present as authentic . I do not myself , and therefore I am sure you will not do so . Yesterday , at the dinner - table ...
... mode of letting houses different from ours . You will not of course take information so loosely col- lected as the present as authentic . I do not myself , and therefore I am sure you will not do so . Yesterday , at the dinner - table ...
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... mode required by law . There are two taxes paid ; the first on the yearly capacity of the still , the second on the spirit , per gallon . The last is a general government - tax , which is expected to be taken off the next session of ...
... mode required by law . There are two taxes paid ; the first on the yearly capacity of the still , the second on the spirit , per gallon . The last is a general government - tax , which is expected to be taken off the next session of ...
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... mode of agri- culture , have much increased the annual pro- duce . I am informed that within the last 14 years farms have risen in value 25 per cent . Land is worth from 31. 7s . 6d . to 331. 15s . per acre . A choice of farms may now ...
... mode of agri- culture , have much increased the annual pro- duce . I am informed that within the last 14 years farms have risen in value 25 per cent . Land is worth from 31. 7s . 6d . to 331. 15s . per acre . A choice of farms may now ...
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