Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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While pushing forward on the borders of the wilderness , the travelers one day arrived at the house of a kind of gentleman settler , who , with his three daughters , vied in showing kindness to their visitors .
While pushing forward on the borders of the wilderness , the travelers one day arrived at the house of a kind of gentleman settler , who , with his three daughters , vied in showing kindness to their visitors .
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Some , who had not been accustomed to the kind of life they were to lead , looked forward to it with eager delight , and talked of stirring incidents and hairbreadth escapes . Others , who were more experienced , seemed to be as easy ...
Some , who had not been accustomed to the kind of life they were to lead , looked forward to it with eager delight , and talked of stirring incidents and hairbreadth escapes . Others , who were more experienced , seemed to be as easy ...
Side 20
These visitors were suspected of being concerned in the loss of the three horses mentioned above ; but as the crime could not be brought home to them by any kind of evidence , they were received in a friendly manner ; and , as usual ...
These visitors were suspected of being concerned in the loss of the three horses mentioned above ; but as the crime could not be brought home to them by any kind of evidence , they were received in a friendly manner ; and , as usual ...
Side 30
The food of the hunters consists for months of nothing but this kind of buffalo meat , roasted , and cold water - no bread of any kind . On this rude fare they enjoyed the best health , clear heads , and high spirits .
The food of the hunters consists for months of nothing but this kind of buffalo meat , roasted , and cold water - no bread of any kind . On this rude fare they enjoyed the best health , clear heads , and high spirits .
Side 32
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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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 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |