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... obliged to take a certain number of these men . By this excellent policy the seamen of the United States are not obliged to enter into the service of foreigners . I like talking to sailors : -though a rough , un- polished set of beings ...
... obliged to take a certain number of these men . By this excellent policy the seamen of the United States are not obliged to enter into the service of foreigners . I like talking to sailors : -though a rough , un- polished set of beings ...
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... oblige the inhabitants to keep the streets and slips in a cleaner state . But what may also contribute to produce unhealthiness , is the very foolish and absurd practice of burying the dead within the town . Some of the church - yards ...
... oblige the inhabitants to keep the streets and slips in a cleaner state . But what may also contribute to produce unhealthiness , is the very foolish and absurd practice of burying the dead within the town . Some of the church - yards ...
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... obliged to go oneself to the bar , as there is no officious waiter who can be called and ordered to bring word what there is to pay . Indeed paying at the bar is customary throughout the whole of the United States , however long or ...
... obliged to go oneself to the bar , as there is no officious waiter who can be called and ordered to bring word what there is to pay . Indeed paying at the bar is customary throughout the whole of the United States , however long or ...
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... obliged to take every meal in public . Lieut . Hall , in his travels in the United States , has humourously remarked , “ that privacy , in either eating , sleeping , conversation , or govern- ment , seems quite unknown and unknowable ...
... obliged to take every meal in public . Lieut . Hall , in his travels in the United States , has humourously remarked , “ that privacy , in either eating , sleeping , conversation , or govern- ment , seems quite unknown and unknowable ...
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... obliged to do so out of fear . " If , " said the Baltimoreans , the Phila- delphians , & c . & c . " these fellows come here , they will act as they did at Washington . " The City Hall , when finished , will be the hand- somest building ...
... obliged to do so out of fear . " If , " said the Baltimoreans , the Phila- delphians , & c . & c . " these fellows come here , they will act as they did at Washington . " The City Hall , when finished , will be the hand- somest building ...
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