Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... gentlemen and labourers , sit hustled together without the slightest mutual sense of incongruity . In the shops and from the servants it is your own fault if you are not treated with perfect civility - but with civility as to an equal ...
... gentlemen and labourers , sit hustled together without the slightest mutual sense of incongruity . In the shops and from the servants it is your own fault if you are not treated with perfect civility - but with civility as to an equal ...
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... gentleman in question was not received into any kind of society at the town where he was stationed ; and that I myself had been cautioned by a resident against being seen in his company . The cause of his presence I discovered ...
... gentleman in question was not received into any kind of society at the town where he was stationed ; and that I myself had been cautioned by a resident against being seen in his company . The cause of his presence I discovered ...
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... gentleman who told me the story , " It would be worth my while , sir , to give a million dollars , if the devil would come and tell me every evening , as he does Bennett , what the people " of New York would like to read about next ...
... gentleman who told me the story , " It would be worth my while , sir , to give a million dollars , if the devil would come and tell me every evening , as he does Bennett , what the people " of New York would like to read about next ...
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... Gentlemen not " admitted . " The matrimonial column , on the other hand , was fuller than usual , and contained half - a ... gentleman with " a view to matrimony . None but persons of intelli- gence and refinement need address Mrs. E ...
... Gentlemen not " admitted . " The matrimonial column , on the other hand , was fuller than usual , and contained half - a ... gentleman with " a view to matrimony . None but persons of intelli- gence and refinement need address Mrs. E ...
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... gentleman possessed of an affectionate disposition , and a fair " share of the world's goods , with a view to matri- mony . One who can appreciate a woman's good " feelings may address Jennie Edwards , Station G , Broadway . " 66 66 ...
... gentleman possessed of an affectionate disposition , and a fair " share of the world's goods , with a view to matri- mony . One who can appreciate a woman's good " feelings may address Jennie Edwards , Station G , Broadway . " 66 66 ...
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Página 122 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 213 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same govem1nent. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
Página 213 - ... passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrary, it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at the prospect held up.
Página 122 - Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as -well on situation and circumstances as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved...
Página 213 - But it was found that the public mind would not yet bear the proposition, nor will it bear it even at this day. Yet the day is not distant when it must bear and adopt it, or worse will follow. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Página 190 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 148 - State thus disadvantageously circumstanced of its most useful inhabitants ; its wealth, and its consequence in the scale of the confederated States would sink of course.