James Fenimore Cooper Quote

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient mart of Rhode Island, a place that, in its day, has been ranked amongst the most important ports along the whole line of our extended coast.


The Red rover, by the author of The pilot (ed. 1827)


No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient...

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient...

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient...

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient...