The Americans at Home; Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and PrairiesBooks on Demand, 1854 - Всего страниц: 322 |
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... tree ; and he used to tell his neigh- bours that nature had , after practising on the rest of creation , spread her finishing touches . on his claim . Its wild beauty deserved his lavish praise . In this western habitation our hero held ...
... tree ; and he used to tell his neigh- bours that nature had , after practising on the rest of creation , spread her finishing touches . on his claim . Its wild beauty deserved his lavish praise . In this western habitation our hero held ...
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... trees when this exciting contest was ended , and all the party adjourned to the outside , with the doomed stranger in their midst . They moved with silence , for a deed of blood was to be enacted . The law of the wilderness was about to ...
... trees when this exciting contest was ended , and all the party adjourned to the outside , with the doomed stranger in their midst . They moved with silence , for a deed of blood was to be enacted . The law of the wilderness was about to ...
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... earth's surface , creeping up the trunks of the old trees , and noiselessly stealing away the light in which they had proudly spread their green VOL . I. D foliage , while in lieu of their showy garb he HOSS ALLEN'S APOLOGY . 33.
... earth's surface , creeping up the trunks of the old trees , and noiselessly stealing away the light in which they had proudly spread their green VOL . I. D foliage , while in lieu of their showy garb he HOSS ALLEN'S APOLOGY . 33.
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... tree and quickly mounted another — whispering the hope to his heart , at the same time , that a meal on his horse would ... trees in the swamp were like the dwellings in Paris , their highest tenants were the most needy . Day at length ...
... tree and quickly mounted another — whispering the hope to his heart , at the same time , that a meal on his horse would ... trees in the swamp were like the dwellings in Paris , their highest tenants were the most needy . Day at length ...
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... trees makin ' stump speeches to the varmints ; and you can see by his counte- nance that , expectin ' to be elected , he had accepted all their mosquito bills ! " ' One tremendous shout rent the air , fol- lowed by bursts of laughter ...
... trees makin ' stump speeches to the varmints ; and you can see by his counte- nance that , expectin ' to be elected , he had accepted all their mosquito bills ! " ' One tremendous shout rent the air , fol- lowed by bursts of laughter ...
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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...