The Yankee Invasion
Abstract It was at the age of eighteen, and in the autumn of the year eighteen hundred, that I first set my foot within the precincts of the ancient and far-famed city of Albany.... Ihad then just launched my “light untimbered bark” upon the ocean of life; with no guide but Providence, and with no h...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1991
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195065138.003.0004 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52601660/isbn-9780195065138-book-part-4.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract It was at the age of eighteen, and in the autumn of the year eighteen hundred, that I first set my foot within the precincts of the ancient and far-famed city of Albany.... Ihad then just launched my “light untimbered bark” upon the ocean of life; with no guide but Providence, and with no hand but my own to direct its course. Never shall I forget the deep feeling of loneliness that came over me when the receding headlands of my native bay disappeared in the distance, and I found myself, for the first time in my life, alone on the waters. |
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