The Homes of the New World : Impressions of America 2
The Homes of the New World : Impressions of America 2
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G. has not yet seen it 326 HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD.
its own, but the principal features of the dance are in all essentially the same. The dance always requires a man and a woman, and always represents a series of courtship and coquetry ; during which the lover expresses his feel- ings, partly by tremor in all his joints, so that he seems r6ady to fall to pieces as he turns round and round his fair one, like the planet around its sun, and partly by won- derful leaps and evolutions, often enfoldin...g the lady with both his arms, but without touching her ; yet still, as I said, this mode varied with the various nations. One negro, a Caraballis, threw one arm tenderly round the neck of his little lady during the dance, while with the other he placed a small silver coin in her mouth. And the black driver, an ugly little fellow (he under whose whip I saw the wom- en at work), availed himself frequently of his rank, some- tin>es by kissing, during the dance, the prettiest of the girls that he danced with, and sometimes by interrupting the dancing of another man with a handsome young ne- gro girl, or with one of the best dancers, and then taking his place ; for it is the custom that if any one of the by- standers can thrust a stick or a hat between two dancers, they are parted, and he can take the man's place.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
G. has not yet seen it 326 HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD.
its own, but the principal features of the dance are in all essentially the same. The dance always requires a man and a woman, and always represents a series of courtship and coquetry ; during which the lover expresses his feel- ings, partly by tremor in all his joints, so that he seems r6ady to fall to pieces as he turns round and round his fair one, like the planet around its sun, and partly by won- derful leaps and evolutions, often enfoldin...g the lady with both his arms, but without touching her ; yet still, as I said, this mode varied with the various nations. One negro, a Caraballis, threw one arm tenderly round the neck of his little lady during the dance, while with the other he placed a small silver coin in her mouth. And the black driver, an ugly little fellow (he under whose whip I saw the wom- en at work), availed himself frequently of his rank, some- tin>es by kissing, during the dance, the prettiest of the girls that he danced with, and sometimes by interrupting the dancing of another man with a handsome young ne- gro girl, or with one of the best dancers, and then taking his place ; for it is the custom that if any one of the by- standers can thrust a stick or a hat between two dancers, they are parted, and he can take the man's place.
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