Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West, Band 2J.W. Parker, 1850 |
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... . Louis Hotel- Duels in the South - Improvement in manners and customs - Lynch - law - Description of the 41 city - Country rides — New Orleans races - Negro jockeys , 56 vi CONTENTS . LETTER XXIX . PAGE Italian Opera -
... . Louis Hotel- Duels in the South - Improvement in manners and customs - Lynch - law - Description of the 41 city - Country rides — New Orleans races - Negro jockeys , 56 vi CONTENTS . LETTER XXIX . PAGE Italian Opera -
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... race , ' up , ' as the song says , ' to ebbery ting . ' In former days , while the forests were still forests , and the Indians were not yet driven away from the banks of the Ohio , the life of the boat- men must have been both exciting ...
... race , ' up , ' as the song says , ' to ebbery ting . ' In former days , while the forests were still forests , and the Indians were not yet driven away from the banks of the Ohio , the life of the boat- men must have been both exciting ...
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... their vocation is often a very laborious one . The race , in short , of these singular beings , is becoming gradually ex- tinct , for I fancy they are hardly to be recognised OHIO BOATMEN . 33 in the swearing , murdering ,
... their vocation is often a very laborious one . The race , in short , of these singular beings , is becoming gradually ex- tinct , for I fancy they are hardly to be recognised OHIO BOATMEN . 33 in the swearing , murdering ,
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... race are protected by the mighty shield of public opinion ? 6 The banks , for the first two hundred and fifty miles down the Mississippi , were somewhat less level and monotonous than we had been led to expect they would be . The ...
... race are protected by the mighty shield of public opinion ? 6 The banks , for the first two hundred and fifty miles down the Mississippi , were somewhat less level and monotonous than we had been led to expect they would be . The ...
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... RACES - NEGRO JOCKEYS . New Orleans - December . E were very fortunate in finding some ex- WE cellent apartments vacant at St. Louis Hotel , and found no difficulty in making the necessary arrangements for dieting in our own rooms ...
... RACES - NEGRO JOCKEYS . New Orleans - December . E were very fortunate in finding some ex- WE cellent apartments vacant at St. Louis Hotel , and found no difficulty in making the necessary arrangements for dieting in our own rooms ...
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Seite 174 - O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And not their appetites ! I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love For others
Seite 274 - I do not know what to make of them; was there a white man over them with a whip in his hand all day, why then I should see and understand the cause of their running, and incessant labour; but I cannot comprehend it, sir; there is something in it, sir — there is something in it. Great man, sir, that Jim— great man, sir — should like to own him, sir, should like to own him.
Seite 279 - Compton Merivale: another Leaf from the Lesson of Life. By the Author of Brampton Rectory.
Seite 59 - District shall accept any challenge to fight a duel, or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon, whatever, or shall...
Seite 58 - That if any person shall, in the District of Columbia, challenge another to fight a duel, or shall send or deliver any written or verbal message purporting or intended to be such challenge, or shall accept any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver an acceptance of such challenge or message...
Seite 263 - ... longer apparently the same people. A sedateness, a care, an economy, an industry, took possession of them, to which there seemed to be no bounds, but in their physical strength. They were never tired of laboring, and seemed as though they could never effect enough.
Seite 60 - And be it further enacted, that if any person shall assault, strike, beat, or wound, or cause to be assaulted, stricken, beaten, or wounded, any person in the district of Columbia...
Seite 262 - Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.' " From the foregoing summary, it will be seen that the basis of my plan for their success and government was religion — a desire to awaken in their bosoms the love of the divinity. Hope and trust in him, once born in their souls, would produce its...