 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1805 - 228 pages
...diffipation, and highly jealous of perfonal independence. The holders of flaves have the fame chavaftcr in all countries, Q, What is the climate of Virginia ? A. It is not uniform though agreeable. The fummers are hot, but the winters are mild. It is much colder in fummer and winter near die Allegany,... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1808 - 234 pages
...great part- of these •re slaves. In 1800 they had increased to 886, 149. Q. What is the cb-racter of the Virginians ? A. They are sociable and hospitable,...all countries. Q. What is the climate of Virginia t A. It is not uniform, though agreeable. The summers are hot, but the winters are mild. It is much... | |
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Virginians. They are sociable and hospitable, attached strongly to pleasure and dissipation and highly jealous of personal independence. The holders of slaves have the same character in all countries.159 In contrast to this book was The Elements of Geography... 