The Americans / By an American in London.

  • Colton, Calvin, 1789-1857.
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Americans / By an American in London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page risk to him ; offer to defend him ; 11 My friends, the Americans,” a phrase of fondness; he is no hypocrite, however ; his humour more particularly; delicate ground, but fair; the Americans could not resist the temptation to treat the Captain according to his mood ; the Captain takes it all seriously; a comparison of James Stuart, Esq. with Captain Hall, in point of humour; two anec- dotes from Mr. Stuart; Captain Hall's trouble, as to a certain matter in Canada, a relief from the recollection of his greater sufferings in the United States; his “ knock down” before Plattsburgh; the Americans never antici- pated the second Act of the Comedy; take it all in all, very comical. V. 4 Mrs. Trollope’s humour 85 A woman, fighting in man’s armour, may be resisted, pro- vided it be done tenderly; Mrs. Trollope has no need to fear us; the province of woman; has Mrs. Trollope descended from it ?—Mrs. Trollope’s “ sedition ;” her connexion with Miss Wright inquired into; her temper towards religion inferred ; grave charges she has brought against certain religious men in America ; Mrs. Trollope a Roman Catholic; her hatred of heretics, a virtue ; Mrs. Trollope’s relentings, at New York, for her abuse of Americans ; her disappointments at Cincinnati; the bazaar ; its history ; the Londoner at Cincinnati; pro- jects a bazaar; fails; writes a book in revenge; Mrs. Trollope, first out of humour with England ; sadly out of humour with America.