 There are, in fact, but few houses in any one place, and most of them small, miserable huts, which present an awful contrast to the public buildings. The people are poor, and, as far as I can judge, they live like fishes, by eating each other. . . . You...  Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. - Էջ 158Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1900Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | George Gibbs - 1846 - 572 էջ
...cultivated, remains unfenced. There are but few enclosures, even for gardens, and those are in bad order. You may look in almost any direction, over an extent...any object except brick kilns and temporary huts for labourers. Mr. Law, and a few other gentlemen, live in great splendor; but most of the inhabitants... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1851 - 792 էջ
...cultivated, remains unfenced. There are but few inclosures, even for gardens, and those are in bad order. You may look in almost any direction, over an extent...York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns CHAPTER and temporary huts for laborers. Mr. Law" — a brother of the subsequent Lord... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1851 - 708 էջ
...cultivated, remains unfenced. There are but few inclosures, even for gardens, and those are in bad order. You may look in almost any direction, over an extent of ground nearly as largo as the city of New York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns CHAPTER and... | |
 | JOSEPH B. VARNUM - 1854 - 130 էջ
...cultivated, remains unfenced. There are but few enclosures, even for gardens, and those are in bad order. You may look in almost any direction, over an extent of ground nearly as large as the city of JSTew York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns and temporary huts for laborers.... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 794 էջ
...compelled to take them at the distance of more than half a mile. There arc, in fact, but few houses in any one place, and most of them small, miserable huts,...York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns and temporary huts for laborers All the lands which I have described are valued at fourteen... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 732 էջ
...compelled to take them at the distance of more than half a mile. There are, in fact, but few houses in any one place, and most of them small, miserable huts,...direction, over an extent of ground nearly as large B3 the city of New York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns and temporary huts... | |
 | Viator - 1864 - 302 էջ
...cultivated, remains unfenced. There are but few inclosures, even for gardens, and those are in bad order. You may look in almost any direction, over an extent...except brick kilns and temporary huts for laborers. * * * Greenleaf's Point presents the appearance of a considerable town which had been destroyed by... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1870 - 664 էջ
...monastery, crowded ten or twenty in one house, and utterly secluded from society. There are few houses in any one place, and most of them small, miserable huts,...York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns and temporary huts for laborers. There appears to be a confident expectation that this... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 730 էջ
...public buildings. The people are poor, and, as far as I can judge, they live like fishes, by enting each other. . . . You may look in almost any direction,...York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns and temporary huts for laborers All the lauds which I hare described are valued at fourteen... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 660 էջ
...poor, and, as far as I can judge, they live like fishes, by eating each other. . . . You may look in any direction over an extent of ground nearly as large...York, without seeing a fence or any object except brick-kilns and temporary huts for laborers. . . . There is no industry, society, or business." Mr.... | |
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