It was the first large town I had ever seen; and though it was inferior to many a factory village in New England, my feelings, on seeing it, were excited to a pitch very little below that reached by travelers at the first view of Rome.
Douglass recounts his profound excitement upon seeing Annapolis, the first large town of his life, comparing his feelings to those of travelers viewing Rome.
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