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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Side 31
... 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 . 31.
... 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 . 31.
Side 35
... seen ; but it contained the second volume of my journal , a pocket compass , and other articles of essential value to me . I would gladly have relinquished every thing the garment held , if I could but have re- covered the book ; and ...
... seen ; but it contained the second volume of my journal , a pocket compass , and other articles of essential value to me . I would gladly have relinquished every thing the garment held , if I could but have re- covered the book ; and ...
Side 44
... seen Blackfeet In- dians skulking about , and the effect was to put the hunters more on their guard . They were now certain that their worst enemies , the Black- feet , were around them , and that they only waited for a favorable ...
... seen Blackfeet In- dians skulking about , and the effect was to put the hunters more on their guard . They were now certain that their worst enemies , the Black- feet , were around them , and that they only waited for a favorable ...
Side 53
... seen , they began to suffer dreadfully from thirst . Every man kept a bul- let or smooth stone in his mouth , mumbling it to provoke the saliva . At last , one of the men , a mulatto , " cast himself resolutely from his horse to the ...
... seen , they began to suffer dreadfully from thirst . Every man kept a bul- let or smooth stone in his mouth , mumbling it to provoke the saliva . At last , one of the men , a mulatto , " cast himself resolutely from his horse to the ...
Side 81
... seen dimly in the distance , gave me an earnest of the pros- pect from still more elevated regions . The vale of Chamounix was sleeping at the foot of the mountain : and , broken by the occasional thunder of an avalanche , the ...
... seen dimly in the distance , gave me an earnest of the pros- pect from still more elevated regions . The vale of Chamounix was sleeping at the foot of the mountain : and , broken by the occasional thunder of an avalanche , the ...
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