The Americans at Home; Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and PrairiesBooks on Demand, 1854 - Всего страниц: 322 |
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... feeling of confidence in their lonely habita- tion in the wilderness . Their nearest neigh- bours were situated at a small trading settle- ment , some ten miles distant , where Dick always repaired to exchange his furs for ammunition ...
... feeling of confidence in their lonely habita- tion in the wilderness . Their nearest neigh- bours were situated at a small trading settle- ment , some ten miles distant , where Dick always repaired to exchange his furs for ammunition ...
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... feel better than whar you are now . Sam and me never felt bad sence we located here - only when the Ingins penned us in the cabin fur three days , while all our bar meat was hangin ' on the outside . " " It's this cussed woman ...
... feel better than whar you are now . Sam and me never felt bad sence we located here - only when the Ingins penned us in the cabin fur three days , while all our bar meat was hangin ' on the outside . " " It's this cussed woman ...
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... feeling of confidence in his luck . The next hand the stranger ordered the card up and was euchered -they now stood even , and he again looked anxious . In the next two hands they suc- cessively won each a single count , and it was the ...
... feeling of confidence in his luck . The next hand the stranger ordered the card up and was euchered -they now stood even , and he again looked anxious . In the next two hands they suc- cessively won each a single count , and it was the ...
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... of an hour all was silent ; and the lurid glare of the pine torches conveyed anything but a joyous feeling to my breast , lighting up objects only in their immediate vicinity , shrouding all beyond in darkness 46 THE AMERICANS AT HOME .
... of an hour all was silent ; and the lurid glare of the pine torches conveyed anything but a joyous feeling to my breast , lighting up objects only in their immediate vicinity , shrouding all beyond in darkness 46 THE AMERICANS AT HOME .
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... feeling prevalent throughout Texas at that period . Towards evening a vast crowd assembled at the place appointed to witness the hostile meeting ; and so great was the popular reck- lessness as to affairs of the sort , that nume- rous ...
... feeling prevalent throughout Texas at that period . Towards evening a vast crowd assembled at the place appointed to witness the hostile meeting ; and so great was the popular reck- lessness as to affairs of the sort , that nume- rous ...
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