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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Impressions of America, by Tyrone Power This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Author: Tyrone Power Release Date: September 28, 2007 [EBook #22796] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA *** Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. [Illustration: SCENE BEFORE THE THEATRE AT NATCHEZ. Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu] IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA, DURING THE YEARS 1833, 1834, AND 1835. BY TYRONE POWER, ESQ. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to His Majesty. 1836. DEDICATION TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC. Most persons have a Patron, from whose power and influence they have derived support, and of whose favour they feel proud. I cannot claim to be of the few who are above this adventitious sort of aid, self-raised and self-sustained; on the contrary, I have a Patron, the only one I ever sought, but whose favour has well repaid my pains of solicitation. The Patron I allude to is yourself, my Public, much courted, much abused, and commonly accused of either being coldly neglectful or capriciously forgetful of all sorts of merit. To me, at least, you have proved most kind, and hitherto most constant. Yes, my Public, throughout my humble career, I have at all times of doubt or despondency invariably turned to you, and never have I been coldly regarded. I have leaned heavily upon you, yet have never found your aid withdrawn. As an Actor, when managers have appeared indifferent, or critics unkind, and my hopes have sunk within me, I have turned to your cheering plaudits, and found in them support for the present and encouragement for the future. As an Author, this appeal is founded solely upon my desire, not only to amuse, but to make you better acquainted with an important part and parcel of yourself, to which, although widely su
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