 I admire the democratic character of the people, the apparent equality of intercourse that exists between them, and the more absurd appears to me the aristocratic spirit at home, the lines of demarcation between the different ranks of society, and the...  Diary of a Tour in America - Página 170por Michael Bernard Buckley - 1886 - 384 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Dirk Hoerder - 1983 - 312 páginas
...Cork who emphasized the effect of equality: "everyday I spend in this country the more I appreciate the democratic character of the people, the apparent...society, and the cringing respect with which those in the lower rungs . . . regard those above them." The east Cork laborer Daniel Cashman in the 1800s... | |
 | Kerby A. Miller - 1988 - 704 páginas
...independence" which contrasted so favorably with the "absurd . . . aristocratic spirit at home, . . . and the cringing respect with which those of the lower rungs of the social ladder regard those above them."20" However, while "a residence under the wings of the American Eagle soon makes people think... | |
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