Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 22
While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner , which I was then about preparing , four or five of the cowards jumped on me , mastered my rifle , and held my arms fast , while they took from me my knife and tomahawk , my flint and steel ...
While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner , which I was then about preparing , four or five of the cowards jumped on me , mastered my rifle , and held my arms fast , while they took from me my knife and tomahawk , my flint and steel ...
Side 42
... at eight they had a second supper of meat ; and during the night , when they awoke , they took a snatch at any meat within reach . Their food was thus entirely meat , without bread or any other article except water 42 FIRESIDE ...
... at eight they had a second supper of meat ; and during the night , when they awoke , they took a snatch at any meat within reach . Their food was thus entirely meat , without bread or any other article except water 42 FIRESIDE ...
Side 43
... and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt awed , almost frightened , at the task I had undertaken . too far to retreat ; 80 , raising my gun , I took deliberate aim at the bushy center of the forehead , and fired .
... and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt awed , almost frightened , at the task I had undertaken . too far to retreat ; 80 , raising my gun , I took deliberate aim at the bushy center of the forehead , and fired .
Side 68
We took him by the shoulders , and threatened to throw him overboard if he did not immediately lend his assistance ; we might as well have spoken to a stone . He was finally aroused , however , by our presenting a loaded gun at his ...
We took him by the shoulders , and threatened to throw him overboard if he did not immediately lend his assistance ; we might as well have spoken to a stone . He was finally aroused , however , by our presenting a loaded gun at his ...
Side 71
... be scanned at once from the opposite eminences . For seven thousand feet below the top Mont Blanc is perpetually covered with ice and snow . The distance from passes , grave , serious look which took the place 71 ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.
... be scanned at once from the opposite eminences . For seven thousand feet below the top Mont Blanc is perpetually covered with ice and snow . The distance from passes , grave , serious look which took the place 71 ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.
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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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