The homes of America : with one hundred and three illustrations (1879)
Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893 · New York : D. Appleton and Company, 549 and 551 Broadway · leaf 44
g Island), and the people of New England, who,descended from the choice sons of European culture, and wedded to theirschools and colleges, cherished a higher respect for poetry and philosophy, andall that appertained to religious rhapsody, than for temporal aggrandizement.And the contrast in the… … Point, Maine. mentation in New England was tabooed alike •with high-sounding titles. Themen of quality were self-respectful, fenced in with more ceremonial than wehave been led to believe. The wholesome traditions of msdom pervaded theveiy air, and Homer and Horace were quoted by boys at the plow.…
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