The Americans at Home; Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and PrairiesBooks on Demand, 1854 - Всего страниц: 322 |
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... boys . " the After providing necessaries , Dick gave strangers an invitation to come up and help the stranger to raise a cabin . All agreed to be thar on the next Saturday , and homeward he started . On his arrival , Sam was cooking the ...
... boys . " the After providing necessaries , Dick gave strangers an invitation to come up and help the stranger to raise a cabin . All agreed to be thar on the next Saturday , and homeward he started . On his arrival , Sam was cooking the ...
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... boys , ' said Dick ; " ef he is a snake , give him a ' small show ' for life , and ef I miss him at the first fire we'll let him slip . " The culprit aroused on hearing this , and pleaded for the smallest chance in the world . " Don't ...
... boys , ' said Dick ; " ef he is a snake , give him a ' small show ' for life , and ef I miss him at the first fire we'll let him slip . " The culprit aroused on hearing this , and pleaded for the smallest chance in the world . " Don't ...
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... boys . " Hoss Allen counted strong on the border counties , while his antagonist built his hopes on the centre . Allen and Edwards had travelled together for a number of days , explaining their sepa- rate views upon state government ...
... boys . " Hoss Allen counted strong on the border counties , while his antagonist built his hopes on the centre . Allen and Edwards had travelled together for a number of days , explaining their sepa- rate views upon state government ...
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... boy who took his horse , and offered him a dollar to take a message that night to Tom Walters , at the forks leading to Benton . The boy agreed , and Hoss pencilled a note describing his antagonist , who was unknown in the south of the ...
... boy who took his horse , and offered him a dollar to take a message that night to Tom Walters , at the forks leading to Benton . The boy agreed , and Hoss pencilled a note describing his antagonist , who was unknown in the south of the ...
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... boy Jim near the turn off , to make the matter sure . In the course of a couple of hours along came Hoss Allen , who , as soon as Tom took hold of his bridle , winked his eye at him while he inquired— " Did Jedge Eddards come along ...
... boy Jim near the turn off , to make the matter sure . In the course of a couple of hours along came Hoss Allen , who , as soon as Tom took hold of his bridle , winked his eye at him while he inquired— " Did Jedge Eddards come along ...
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The Americans at Home: Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and Prairies, Volume 2 Thomas Chandler Haliburton Недоступно для просмотра - 2016 |
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Стр. 3 - Starting from Bremen for California, the author of this Narrative proceeded to Rio, and thence to Buenos Ayres, where he exchanged the wild seas for the yet wilder Pampas, and made his way on horseback to...
Стр. 135 - The Warners ceased their supper to listen and look ; and they saw emerging from the woods, and rattling down the hill at a brisk trot, the cart of one of those itinerant tin merchants, who originate in New England, and travel from one end of the Union to the other, avoiding the cities, and seeking customers among the country people ; who, besides buying their ware, always invite them to a meal and a bed. The tin-man came blowing his horn to the steps of the porch, and there stopping his cart, addressed...
Стр. 270 - ... em. I felt strong as a boss, too, and the dug-out hadn't more'n leaped six lengths from the bank afore — zip — chug — co-souse I went — the front eend jest lifted itself agin a sawyer and emptied me into the element ! In about a second I came up bang agin a snag, and I guess I grabbed it sudden, while old Missouri curl'd and purl'd around me as ef she was in a hurry to git to the mouth, so she might muddy the Massissippi. I warn't much skeer'd, but still I didn't jest like to hang on...