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... eighteenth century . Taking the colonial area through its entire length and breadth , we find individual houses of almost every description , from the superb man- sions of the Carters in Virginia and of the Vassalls in Massachusetts to ...
... eighteenth century . Taking the colonial area through its entire length and breadth , we find individual houses of almost every description , from the superb man- sions of the Carters in Virginia and of the Vassalls in Massachusetts to ...
Page 70
... eighteenth century was an era of greatly increased expenditure and costly display , of taste for luxuries and elaborate adornment , which not only involved the wealthier classes in extravagance beyond their resources but also ended far ...
... eighteenth century was an era of greatly increased expenditure and costly display , of taste for luxuries and elaborate adornment , which not only involved the wealthier classes in extravagance beyond their resources but also ended far ...
Page 95
... be imported for his father's grave . Vaults were constructed by those who could afford them and were widely used in the North in the eighteenth century . CHAPTER V EVERYDAY NEEDS AND DIVERSIONS THERE was no want HABILIMENTS AND HABITS 95.
... be imported for his father's grave . Vaults were constructed by those who could afford them and were widely used in the North in the eighteenth century . CHAPTER V EVERYDAY NEEDS AND DIVERSIONS THERE was no want HABILIMENTS AND HABITS 95.
Page 97
... eighteenth than in the seventeenth century , their number was still large ; and wild turkeys , geese , pigeons , hares , and squirrels were always to be found . Fish abounded in the rivers ; lobsters were obtainable off the shores in ...
... eighteenth than in the seventeenth century , their number was still large ; and wild turkeys , geese , pigeons , hares , and squirrels were always to be found . Fish abounded in the rivers ; lobsters were obtainable off the shores in ...
Page 101
... eighteenth - century name for the cocoa bean from which chocolate is made . ginger , citrons , and limes , which were often EVERYDAY NEEDS AND DIVERSIONS 101.
... eighteenth - century name for the cocoa bean from which chocolate is made . ginger , citrons , and limes , which were often EVERYDAY NEEDS AND DIVERSIONS 101.
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