The Stranger in America: Comprising Sketches of the Manners, Society, and National Peculiarities of the United States, in a Series of Letters to a Friend in Europe, Volum 1R. Bentley, 1835 |
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The Stranger in America: Comprising Sketches of the Manners ..., Volum 1 Francis Lieber Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1835 |
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Side 80 - And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowls of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an helpmeet for him.
Side 272 - Roman conquests and defeats, of the chivalric exploits in the feudal periods, of the wars and negociations of modern times, of the coronations of emperors, whose bones repose by its side ; on whose borders stand the two grandest monuments of the noble architecture of the middle ages ; whose banks present every variety of wild and picturesque rocks, thick forests, fertile plains ; vineyards, sometimes gently sloping, sometimes perched among lofty crags, where industry has won a domain among the fortresses...
Side 273 - Basle to the sea, and enables the inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores ; whose cities, famous for commerce, science, and works of strength, which furnish protection to Germany, are also famous as the seats of Roman colonies, and of ecclesiastical councils, and are associated with many of the most important events recorded in the history of mankind ; — such a river it is not surprising that the Germans regard with a kind of reverence, and frequently call...
Side 272 - As it flows down from the distant ridges of the Alps, through fertile regions into the open sea, so it comes down from remote antiquity, associated in every age with momentous events.in the history of the neighbouring nations.
Side 273 - in its coarse of nine hundred miles, affords six hundred and thirty miles of uninterrupted navigation from Basle to the sea, and enables the inhabitants of Its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores for the choice articles indigenous to other lands ; whose cities, Illustrious for commerce, for the encouragement of science, and works of strength...
Side 87 - You can judge from what I have said how valuable German immigrants are to our country, if they mingle with the Anglo-American race. 'They are sober, industrious, and excellent farmers', is the universal belief given of them." be gathered from the remarks which Isling makes while accompanying Morton to Bethlehem. Passing through a wonderful stretch of country studded with flourishing farms and prospering towns, he says : 10"These thousands of cottages, these towns and yeoman seats, I knew when they...
Side 128 - The very first time 1 took a walk in London I was struck with the beautiful children even in that confined city; a handsome English boy of ten years is one of the flowers of creation. Go even to the London 'Change ; among the merchants, who, with other nations, surely /do not exhibit many specimens of beauty, you find there tall, well-shaped, fine-looking men, whom Frederic I. would have put directly into a uniform of his grenadiers.
Side 273 - ... connected; with beautiful and romantic roads, and salutary mineral springs; a river whose waters offer choice fish, as its banks offer the choicest wines; which, in its course of 900 miles affords 630 miles of uninterrupted navigation, from Basle to the sea, and enables the inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores; whose cities, famous for commerce, science, and works of strength, which furnish protection to Germany, are also famous as...
Side 235 - When he was told, that, like the sun, with which he was already acquainted, they always continue to give light, he asked again; who placed them there above, that they may always continue to give light ? At length, standing motionless, with his head bowed down, and his eyes staring, he fell into a train of deep and serious meditation. When he again recovered his recollection, his transport had been succeeded by deep sadness. He sank trembling upon a chair, and asked, why that wicked man had kept him...
Side 257 - Washington," calls another, concluding, from your refusal of the Courier, that you are a friend to the administration. " Le Blanc's trial and conviction for murder, sir," calls another ; " A revolution in Paris," says his opponent ; and the nearer you approach, the more these officious messengers of the events and gossip of two hemispheres thicken around you. — " The Daily Advertiser !" exclaims one ; " The Gazette !" says another ; " The Advocate !" a third ; " There is a letter of Jack Downing...