Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... least , a sort of general literature for fireside reading . His idea was that it should be " secular , " as distinguished from strictly " religious , " designed to inter- est and instruct all classes of general readers , but espe ...
... least , a sort of general literature for fireside reading . His idea was that it should be " secular , " as distinguished from strictly " religious , " designed to inter- est and instruct all classes of general readers , but espe ...
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... real Indian chief , at least of such Indian chiefs as we read of in ` our popular books . I begin to suspect , in truth , that these lofty and dignified attributes are more apt to exist in the fertile brain 2 B EXCURSI N TO OREGON . 17.
... real Indian chief , at least of such Indian chiefs as we read of in ` our popular books . I begin to suspect , in truth , that these lofty and dignified attributes are more apt to exist in the fertile brain 2 B EXCURSI N TO OREGON . 17.
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... least a look of consciousness , in the face of my opposite neighbor ; but expression there was none . His large features were settled in a tranquillity which nothing could disturb , and as he puffed the smoke in huge volumes from his ...
... least a look of consciousness , in the face of my opposite neighbor ; but expression there was none . His large features were settled in a tranquillity which nothing could disturb , and as he puffed the smoke in huge volumes from his ...
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... his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is gener- ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
... his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is gener- ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
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... least half the shaft appears through the opposite side . The creature totters , and is about to fall , when the Indian glides around , and draws the arrow from the wound lest it should be broken . A single Indian is said to kill a great ...
... least half the shaft appears through the opposite side . The creature totters , and is about to fall , when the Indian glides around , and draws the arrow from the wound lest it should be broken . A single Indian is said to kill a great ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl