Letters From the South Written During An Excursion in the Summer of 1816
Letters From the South Written During An Excursion in the Summer of 1816
James Kirke Paulding
The book Letters From the South Written During An Excursion in the Summer of 1816 was written by author James Kirke Paulding Here you can read free online of Letters From the South Written During An Excursion in the Summer of 1816 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Letters From the South Written During An Excursion in the Summer of 1816 a good or bad book?
What reading level is Letters From the South Written During An Excursion in the Summer of 1816 book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
'* I know you will agree with me, in spite of the money-brokers, that the man with the petticoats stuck in his windows was worth an army 125 ot' the others; and would become their master, if It ever came to a struggle of intellect, or a con- test of spirit. The truth is, that people who are very particular about snugness, and personal com- fort, and insignificant conveniences, or trifling decorations, that add little to real enjoyment, are generally very selfish in their feelings, and stinted i...n their intellects. In travelling through Virginia, and the south. I soon found that if I met in the country an ex- ceeding neat, well painted, snug new wooden house, with every thing comfortable about it, I had better not stop there ; it was no place for the traveller and stranger. No — I sought me out an old rusty mansion, uncontaminated by paint for many a year, whose owner had never been bitten by the money-making mania, and who had rather strangers would share the comforts of the interior, than admire the outside of his house.
User Reviews: