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Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America
Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America Author:John Davis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the great joy of the Doctor, who had not yet eaten half of what he wished to eat on board. Monsieur Lartigue had abundantly stocked himself with comfitures and w... more »ine ; and I doubt not but the Doctor still remembers the poignancy of his preserved cherries, and the zest of his claret. CHAP. II. Projects at Charleston.—Solemnity the Mask of Ignorance.—Interview with a Planter and his Lady. —Ihe Erudition of a Professor.—A new and desirahle Acquaintance.—College Toils.—A Journey on foot from Charleston to Coosohatchie. 1 Landed at Charleston with Doctor De Bow, who had clad himself in his black suit, and though a young man, wore a monstrous pair of spectacles on his nose. Adieu jollity ! adieu laughter! the Doctor was without an acquaintance on a strange shore, and he had no other friend but his Solemnity to recommend him. It was to no purpose that 1 endeavoured to provoke him to laughter by my remarks; the Physician wuld not even relax his risible muscles into a smile. The Doctor was right. In a few days he contrived to hire part of a house in Union-street; obtained credit for a considerable quantity of drugs; and only wanted a chariot to equal th best Physician in Charleston, The Doctor was in possession of a voluble tongue; and I furnished him with a few Latin phrases, which he dealt out to his hearers with an air of profound learning. He generally concluded his speeches with Nullius addiclus jurare in verba magistri! Wishing for some daily pursuit, I advertised in one of the papers for the place of Tutor in a respectable family; not omitting to observe that the advertiser was the translator of Buonapartes Campaign in Italy. The editor of the Gazette assured me of an hundred applications ; and that early the next morning I should not be without some. His prediction...« less