 I bade adieu to Louisville, to which place I had four letters of recommendation, and was taught to expect much of everything there; but neither received one act of civility from those to whom I was recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird; though...  The Annals of Philosophy - Strona 413pod redakcją - 1816Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1870 - Liczba stron: 624
...taught to expect much of everything there, but neither received one act of civility from those to whom I was recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird,...Science or literature has not one friend in this place.' • How can we account for these contradictory statements ? Audubon, if his own account be correct,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - Liczba stron: 442
...to expect much of every thing there; but neither received one act of civility from those to whom I was recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird;...Science or literature has not one friend in this place. Every one is so intent on making money that they can talk of nothing else; and they absolutely devour... | |
 | 1819 - Liczba stron: 304
...one act of civility f-om those to whom 1 » as recommended, a single subscriber, nor one neV hird, though I delivered my letters, ransacked the woods...literature has not one friend in this place. " April 25. " Brealfastefl at Walton's, thirteen miles from Nashville. This is a fine rich hollow, watered by a... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - Liczba stron: 564
...Louisville, to which place I had four letters of recommendation, and was taught to expect much of every thing there; but neither received one act of civility from...Science or literature has not one friend in this place." THE BLACK WARRIOR. FALCO I!ARLANI. • . PLATE LXXXVI. MALE AND FEMALE. LONG before I discovered this... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - Liczba stron: 698
...one act of civility from those to whom I was recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird; although I delivered my letters, ransacked the woods repeatedly, and visited all the characters" (mind this, reader !) " likely to subscribe. Science or literature has not one friend in this place.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - Liczba stron: 682
...my letters, ransacked the woods repeatedly, and visited all the characters" (mind this, reader !) " likely to subscribe. Science or literature has not one friend in this place. Every one is so intent on making money, that they can talk of nothing else ; and they absolutely devour... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1852 - Liczba stron: 620
...to expect much of everything there ; but neither received one act of civility from those to whom I was recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird...Science or literature has not one friend in this place." We will not add to the gloom which has followed the illustrious life of poor Wilson to his grave, by... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1852 - Liczba stron: 622
...expect much of everything there ; but neither received one act of civility from those to whom I waa recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird ; though...Science or literature has not one friend in this place." We will not add to the gloom which has followed the illustrious life of poor Wilson to his grave, by... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - Liczba stron: 240
...one act of civility from those to whom 1 was recommended, one subscriber, nor out) now bird; though 1 delivered my letters, ransacked the woods repeatedly,...or literature has not one friend in this place.'" We will not add to the gloom which has followed the illustrious life of poor Wilson to his grave, by... | |
 | Mrs. Horace St. John - 1856 - Liczba stron: 408
...to expect much of everything there ; but neither received one act of civility from those to whom I was recommended, one subscriber, nor one new bird;...Science or literature has not one friend in this place." This bitter record of disappointment, — certainly, in some measure justified by Audubon, — then,... | |
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