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Journal of a Residence in America

Note 69 — JOURNAL. (continued 4)

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The ladies of New York, and all lady-like people there, have agreed to call this eddy Hurl-gate. The superior propriety of this name is not to be questioned; for hell is a shocking bad word, no doubt: but, being infinitely more appropriate to the place and its qualities, I have ventured to mention it.

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