Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Their persons were tall , straight , and finely formed ; their noses slightly aquiline , and the whole countenance expressive of high and daring intrepidity . The face of the taller one was particularly admirable , and Gall or Spurzheim ...
Their persons were tall , straight , and finely formed ; their noses slightly aquiline , and the whole countenance expressive of high and daring intrepidity . The face of the taller one was particularly admirable , and Gall or Spurzheim ...
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They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land of North America - a region without a single green thing to vary and enliven the scene , and abounding in swarms of ferocious little black gnats , which assail ...
They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land of North America - a region without a single green thing to vary and enliven the scene , and abounding in swarms of ferocious little black gnats , which assail ...
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We had been eating of the multifarious compound without being able to recognize by the taste a single ingredient which it contained ; a stranger came among us , who did not know , when he commenced eating , that the dish was formed of ...
We had been eating of the multifarious compound without being able to recognize by the taste a single ingredient which it contained ; a stranger came among us , who did not know , when he commenced eating , that the dish was formed of ...
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We passed along the remains of innumerable avalanches , which had long been accumulating , and formed a most uneven and tiresome footway . An extended plain of snow now presented itself , here and there covered ASCENT OF MONT BLANC .
We passed along the remains of innumerable avalanches , which had long been accumulating , and formed a most uneven and tiresome footway . An extended plain of snow now presented itself , here and there covered ASCENT OF MONT BLANC .
Side 77
A large mass of ice now opposed our progress : we passed it by climbing up its glassy sides . It formed a bridge over a fissure of great width , which would have otherwise put an end to our expedition . After 11 " .
A large mass of ice now opposed our progress : we passed it by climbing up its glassy sides . It formed a bridge over a fissure of great width , which would have otherwise put an end to our expedition . After 11 " .
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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
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| 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 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |