The Americans at Home; Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and PrairiesBooks on Demand, 1854 - Всего страниц: 322 |
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... thing , Jedge , " said Hoss , starting for the balcony ; " I'll apologise afore the boys , publicly , for not knowin ' you . " " No , no ! " shouted Edwards , who knew his apology would only place his night's adventure in a more ...
... thing , Jedge , " said Hoss , starting for the balcony ; " I'll apologise afore the boys , publicly , for not knowin ' you . " " No , no ! " shouted Edwards , who knew his apology would only place his night's adventure in a more ...
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... thing but actual experience can enable any one to form a correct estimate of the intense anxiety that a person labours under on such occasions . Again , another howl , more loud , then another - another , from every direction . of the ...
... thing but actual experience can enable any one to form a correct estimate of the intense anxiety that a person labours under on such occasions . Again , another howl , more loud , then another - another , from every direction . of the ...
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... Mexicans at a distance of two hundred and fifty yards ! " " Say no more , " answered Colonel Morton , in tones of deep determination ; " the thing is already settled . I have agreed to meet him . DEAF SMITH , THE TEXAN SPY . 59.
... Mexicans at a distance of two hundred and fifty yards ! " " Say no more , " answered Colonel Morton , in tones of deep determination ; " the thing is already settled . I have agreed to meet him . DEAF SMITH , THE TEXAN SPY . 59.
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... things of the earth his friends , and entered by the heart's own adop- tion into brotherhood with the luminaries of heaven ! Wherever there was land or water , barren mountains or tangled brakes of wild waving cane , there was Deaf ...
... things of the earth his friends , and entered by the heart's own adop- tion into brotherhood with the luminaries of heaven ! Wherever there was land or water , barren mountains or tangled brakes of wild waving cane , there was Deaf ...
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... thing . The Indians used almost to monopolize the trade in maple sugar . The mococks , or bark panniers , in which they brought the sugar to market , were pretty objects at least , and the sugar itself brought them something towards ...
... thing . The Indians used almost to monopolize the trade in maple sugar . The mococks , or bark panniers , in which they brought the sugar to market , were pretty objects at least , and the sugar itself brought them something towards ...
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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. 231 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Стр. 6 - This volume is not the least interesting or instructive among the records of the late expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, commanded by Captain Austin. The most valuable portions of the book are those which relate to the scientific and practical observations made in the course of the expedition, and the descriptions of scenery and incidents of arctic travel. From...
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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...