 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1863 - Страниц: 366
...from the still lingering spirit of the revolutionary war, a decidedly martial character. The marching of the troops, and the discharge of gunpowder, which...fact one of the chief excitements of the great day. Tavern-haunting, especially in winter, when there was little to do, for manufactures had not then sprung... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1864 - Страниц: 348
...from the still lingering spirit of the revolutionary war, a decidedly martial character. The marching of the troops, and the discharge of gunpowder, which...fact one of the chief excitements of the great day. Tavern-haunting, especially in winter, when there was little to do, for manufactures had not then sprung... | |
 | Charles Henry Stanley Davis - 1870 - Страниц: 1040
...you are used to it. What I contend against is this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day." Tavern haunting, especially in winter, when there was little to do, was common, even with respectable farmers. Balls at the tavern were frequented by the cases in which,... | |
 | 1886 - Страниц: 524
...from the still lingering spirit of the Revolutionary War a decidedly martial character. The marching of the troops, and the discharge of gunpowder, which...closed the exercises, were glorious and inspiring mementos of heroic achievements upon many a bloody field. The music of the drum and fife resounded... | |
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Even the young approached a book with reverence, and a newspaper with awe. How the world has changed ! The two great festivals were Thanksgiving and " Training-day ;" the latter deriving, from the still lingering spirit of the revolutionary war, a decidedly... 