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The sight was as shocking to the feelings as it was grotesque ; for the cheeks of the vain being were covered with blood as she stood with fancied dignity in the midst of twenty others , who evidently envied her EXCURSION TO OREGON .
The sight was as shocking to the feelings as it was grotesque ; for the cheeks of the vain being were covered with blood as she stood with fancied dignity in the midst of twenty others , who evidently envied her EXCURSION TO OREGON .
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The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - boundseen less prairie , than with the sight of its surface. pour > very midst of a herd . When he has selected EXCURSION TO OREGON . 28.
The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - boundseen less prairie , than with the sight of its surface. pour > very midst of a herd . When he has selected EXCURSION TO OREGON . 28.
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seen less prairie , than with the sight of its surface , which was in many places incrusted with an impure salt , seemingly a combination of the sulphate and muriate of soda : there were also a number of little pools , of only a few ...
seen less prairie , than with the sight of its surface , which was in many places incrusted with an impure salt , seemingly a combination of the sulphate and muriate of soda : there were also a number of little pools , of only a few ...
Side 25
past had been listening to the spirit - stirring accounts given by the old hunters of their sport in the buffalo region , began to grow impatient for the first sight of this animal , the tenant of the prairies .
past had been listening to the spirit - stirring accounts given by the old hunters of their sport in the buffalo region , began to grow impatient for the first sight of this animal , the tenant of the prairies .
Side 28
Toward evening , on ascending a hill , the party were suddenly greeted by a sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest them . The whole plain , as far as the eye could discern , was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo .
Toward evening , on ascending a hill , the party were suddenly greeted by a sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest them . The whole plain , as far as the eye could discern , was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo .
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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 |