I have listened to much dull and heavy conversation in America, but rarely to any that I could strictly call silly (if I except the every where privileged class of very young ladies).
It seems hardly fair to quarrel with a place because its staple commodity is not pretty, but I am sure I should have liked Cincinnati much better if … - Frances Trollope
It seems hardly fair to quarrel with a place because its staple commodity is not pretty, but I am sure I should have liked Cincinnati much better if …
- Frances Trollope
A single word indicative of doubt, that any thing, or every thing, in that country is not the very best in the world, produces an effect which must b… - Frances Trollope
A single word indicative of doubt, that any thing, or every thing, in that country is not the very best in the world, produces an effect which must b…
Throughout all ranks of society, from the successful merchant, which is the highest, to the domestic serving man, which is the lowest, they are all t… - Frances Trollope
Throughout all ranks of society, from the successful merchant, which is the highest, to the domestic serving man, which is the lowest, they are all t…
Is it to be imagined ... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, an… - Frances Trollope
Is it to be imagined ... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, an…
... it is more than petty treason to the Republic, to call a free citizen a servant. The whole class of young women, whose bread depends upon their l… - Frances Trollope
... it is more than petty treason to the Republic, to call a free citizen a servant. The whole class of young women, whose bread depends upon their l…
All the freedom enjoyed in America, beyond what is enjoyed in England, is enjoyed solely by the disorderly at the expense of the orderly. - Frances Trollope
All the freedom enjoyed in America, beyond what is enjoyed in England, is enjoyed solely by the disorderly at the expense of the orderly.
When newspapers are the principal vehicles of the wit and wisdom of a people, the higher graces of composition can hardly be looked for. - Frances Trollope
When newspapers are the principal vehicles of the wit and wisdom of a people, the higher graces of composition can hardly be looked for.
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They inveigh against the g… - Frances Trollope
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They inveigh against the g…
I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on the road, or… - Frances Trollope
I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on the road, or…
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