Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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SOME YOME eight or ten years since , the editor of this series suggested to the then Book Agent at New York the propriety and usefulness of attempting to supply , in some measure , at least , a sort of general literature for fireside ...
SOME YOME eight or ten years since , the editor of this series suggested to the then Book Agent at New York the propriety and usefulness of attempting to supply , in some measure , at least , a sort of general literature for fireside ...
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generally with numbers vastly inferior , their indomitable courage and perseverance still urges them on to renewed attempts ; and if a single scalp is taken , it is considered equal to a great victory , and is hailed as a presage of ...
generally with numbers vastly inferior , their indomitable courage and perseverance still urges them on to renewed attempts ; and if a single scalp is taken , it is considered equal to a great victory , and is hailed as a presage of ...
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To lighten his horse , he immediately threw off the meat he carried , and then urged his animal to his utmost speed , in an attempt to distance his pursuers . He soon discovered , however , that the enemy was rapidly gaining upon him ...
To lighten his horse , he immediately threw off the meat he carried , and then urged his animal to his utmost speed , in an attempt to distance his pursuers . He soon discovered , however , that the enemy was rapidly gaining upon him ...
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Before he could attempt to fix himself firmly , he slid down the declivity till within a few feet of the frightful precipice . At the instant of his fall , he had the presence of mind to plant the rifle which he held in one hand ...
Before he could attempt to fix himself firmly , he slid down the declivity till within a few feet of the frightful precipice . At the instant of his fall , he had the presence of mind to plant the rifle which he held in one hand ...
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... suffering for several days with a lame foot , and am wholly incapable of such exertion . I soon discovered that an attempt to guide my horse over the most rugged and steepest ranges was than useless ; so I dropped the rein upon the ...
... suffering for several days with a lame foot , and am wholly incapable of such exertion . I soon discovered that an attempt to guide my horse over the most rugged and steepest ranges was than useless ; so I dropped the rein upon the ...
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able afterward allowed appeared approach arrived attempt became boat body brought called Captain cause close commanded companions conduct continued course covered crew danger death direction distance door effect entered escape expected eyes father feelings feet felt fire five formed four gave give ground half hands head heard hope horses hundred immediately Indians island Italy kind land least leave length less lived looked means miles mind months morning natives never night officers once party passed perhaps person poor present prison raft reached received remained returned river sail sailors saved says scarcely seemed seen seized Selkirk sent served ship shore short side sight situation soon suffered taken thing thought tion took travelers turned vessel whole wind young
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| Titel | Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record Fireside reading |
| Redaktør | Davis Wasgatt Clark |
| Udgiver | A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Chicago |
| Digitaliseret | 25. jan 2016 |
| Længde | 416 sider |
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