“I very seldom, during my whole stay in the country, heard a sentence elegantly turned, and correctly pronounced from the lips of an American.” CountryWholeHeardLipsSentences Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“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 in the field, at the theatre, the coffee-house, or at home, he had never overheard Americans conversing without the word DOLLAR being pronounced between them. Such unity of purpose ... can ... be found nowhere else, except... in an ant's nest.” LongHomeAmericaPurposeFoundHouseHeardStreetsFieldsDollarsMeetingsUnityFollowingTheatreCoffeeAntsNestsEnglishmenInsultingResidentsOvertakingCoffee HousesUnity Of Purpose Author:Frances Trollope
