The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volume 10J. Walker, 1803 |
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Page 28
... manners are exactly similar to those of their ancestors . - The counties inhabited by the Dutch have adopted the English manners in a certain degree , but still retain many modes which are peculiar to Hollanders . They were the first ...
... manners are exactly similar to those of their ancestors . - The counties inhabited by the Dutch have adopted the English manners in a certain degree , but still retain many modes which are peculiar to Hollanders . They were the first ...
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... manners of that city . The inhabitants of East Jersey trade to New York , and regulate their fashions and manners accordingly : so that the difference , with respect to fashions and manners , between East and West Jersey is nearly as ...
... manners of that city . The inhabitants of East Jersey trade to New York , and regulate their fashions and manners accordingly : so that the difference , with respect to fashions and manners , between East and West Jersey is nearly as ...
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... manner . After some time , another lady gets up , and then the first lady must sit down , she being , as they term it , cut out . The second lady acts the same part as the first did , till somebody cuts her out : -the gentlemen perform ...
... manner . After some time , another lady gets up , and then the first lady must sit down , she being , as they term it , cut out . The second lady acts the same part as the first did , till somebody cuts her out : -the gentlemen perform ...
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