Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 22
... and uncontrollable rage , “ that man that sat opposite to you was the chief of them . He recognized me , and knew very well why I would not smoke with him . I tell you , sir , if ever I meet that man in any other situation than ...
... and uncontrollable rage , “ that man that sat opposite to you was the chief of them . He recognized me , and knew very well why I would not smoke with him . I tell you , sir , if ever I meet that man in any other situation than ...
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... yelling like fiends , the barking and baying of savage wolf - dogs , and the incessant cracking of rifles and carbines , render our camp a perfect bedlam . A more unpleasant situation for an invalid could scarcely be conceived .
... yelling like fiends , the barking and baying of savage wolf - dogs , and the incessant cracking of rifles and carbines , render our camp a perfect bedlam . A more unpleasant situation for an invalid could scarcely be conceived .
Side 50
In this situation he commenced a prayer , consisting of short sentences , uttered rapidly , but with great apparent fervor , his hands clasped upon his breast , and his eyes cast upward with a beseeching look toward heaven .
In this situation he commenced a prayer , consisting of short sentences , uttered rapidly , but with great apparent fervor , his hands clasped upon his breast , and his eyes cast upward with a beseeching look toward heaven .
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Some of the women had little children clinging like bullfrogs to their backs , without being fastened , and in that situation extracting their lactiferous sustenance from the breast , which was thrown over the shoulders .
Some of the women had little children clinging like bullfrogs to their backs , without being fastened , and in that situation extracting their lactiferous sustenance from the breast , which was thrown over the shoulders .
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... entered the imagination of my thoughtless but brave guides , who sat at their meal singing and laughing , either unconscious or regardless of the danger of their present situation . " A little above the Grand Plateau , the traveler ...
... entered the imagination of my thoughtless but brave guides , who sat at their meal singing and laughing , either unconscious or regardless of the danger of their present situation . " A little above the Grand Plateau , the traveler ...
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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 |
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