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Side 13
... pig - sty would have been a more appropriate name . Every thing and every
body were dirty , disobliging , and disagreeable ; and , after staying one night ,
the travelers refusing the landlord's invitation to liquorise with him , departed
without ...
... pig - sty would have been a more appropriate name . Every thing and every
body were dirty , disobliging , and disagreeable ; and , after staying one night ,
the travelers refusing the landlord's invitation to liquorise with him , departed
without ...
Side 16
On the 28th of April , at ten o'clock in the morning , all things being prepared , the
caravan , consisting of seventy men ... made the ground wet and muddy , soaked
the blanket bedding , and rendered camping at night any thing but pleasant .
On the 28th of April , at ten o'clock in the morning , all things being prepared , the
caravan , consisting of seventy men ... made the ground wet and muddy , soaked
the blanket bedding , and rendered camping at night any thing but pleasant .
Side 23
To be sure they did , and my blankets , and every thing I had , except my clothes .
” how did you subsist till you reached the settlements ? You had a long journey
before you . ” “ Why , set to trappin ' prairie squirrels with little nooses made out of
...
To be sure they did , and my blankets , and every thing I had , except my clothes .
” how did you subsist till you reached the settlements ? You had a long journey
before you . ” “ Why , set to trappin ' prairie squirrels with little nooses made out of
...
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 the
...
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 the
...
Side 35
I would gladly have relinquished every thing the garment held , if I could but have
recovered the book ; and although I returned to the river , and searched
assiduously till night , and offered large rewards to the men , it could not be found
.
I would gladly have relinquished every thing the garment held , if I could but have
recovered the book ; and although I returned to the river , and searched
assiduously till night , and offered large rewards to the men , it could not be found
.
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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 effect entered escape expected eyes 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 minutes months morning natives never night officers once party passed 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 till 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 |