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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... 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 and uncon- cerned about it as a citizen would be in contem- plating a drive ...
... 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 and uncon- cerned about it as a citizen would be in contem- plating a drive ...
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... looked as though he were well calculated to buf- fet difficulties in a wild country . " Before set- ting out , they were joined also by Mr. Milton Sublette , a trader and trapper of several years ' standing , who intended to travel a ...
... looked as though he were well calculated to buf- fet difficulties in a wild country . " Before set- ting out , they were joined also by Mr. Milton Sublette , a trader and trapper of several years ' standing , who intended to travel a ...
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... looked into ; glittering and scintil- lating constantly , like the mirror - glasses in a lamp - frame , and rolling and dancing in their ing of I had seen . any orbits as though possessed of abstract volition . " As EXCURSION TO OREGON .
... looked into ; glittering and scintil- lating constantly , like the mirror - glasses in a lamp - frame , and rolling and dancing in their ing of I had seen . any orbits as though possessed of abstract volition . " As EXCURSION TO OREGON .
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... looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt awed , almost frightened , at the task I had undertaken . But I had gone too far to retreat ; so , raising my gun , I took deliberate aim at ...
... looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt awed , almost frightened , at the task I had undertaken . But I had gone too far to retreat ; so , raising my gun , I took deliberate aim at ...
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... looked cross , and the cats ran away and hid themselves in dark corners . They had not been accustomed to the face of a white man , and all the quadrupeds seemed to regard me as some monstrous production , more to be feared than loved ...
... looked cross , and the cats ran away and hid themselves in dark corners . They had not been accustomed to the face of a white man , and all the quadrupeds seemed to regard me as some monstrous production , more to be feared than loved ...
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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