"The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure." Alice Morse Earle colonial life 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The first and most natural way of lighting the houses of the American colonists, both in the North and South, was by the pine-knots of the fat pitch-pine, which, of course, were found everywhere in the greatest plenty in the... Alice Morse Earle colonial life 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends." Alice Morse Earle colonial life 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy