Random Recollections of Albany : From 1800 to 1808 ; With Some Additional Matter
The book Random Recollections of Albany : From 1800 to 1808 ; With Some Additional Matter was written by author Worth, Gorham A., 1783-1856 Here you can read free online of Random Recollections of Albany : From 1800 to 1808 ; With Some Additional Matter book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Random Recollections of Albany : From 1800 to 1808 ; With Some Additional Matter a good or bad book?
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Not even the well-directed efforts of Mr. Barnard, nor the persevering exertions of Mr. Curtiss, could keep it alive. But notwithstanding this total ab- sence of life and spirit, there is no appearance of wretchedness or of want in any part of the city. There is no exhibition of vice, no spectacle of misery: no Jive points, to give celebrity to any quarter. On the contrary, there is a general ap- pearance of frugality, of neatness and of order. The elevated position of the town renders it airy ...and healthful, and gives it, when viewed from RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS. the river, as you approach it from the south, rather an imposing aspect. But for the want of business, nothing can compensate — for the tedium of eter- nal dullness, nothing can atone. But let us go back from the present to the past. Let us turn from the decrepitude of age, to the buoyancy and vigor of youth, — from lassitude to exertion, from penury to wealth. The original settlers of Hudson, were a fine specimen of the New-England race ; stout, well- formed, noble-looking men.
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