The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1871 - 568 Seiten |
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... beauty of the Plains . Prairie roses are abundant everywhere on this por- tion of the Plains . I found the yellow , white , and pink varieties , all of which are luxuriant in blossom and deliciously fragrant . The tiny blue star - grass ...
... beauty of the Plains . Prairie roses are abundant everywhere on this por- tion of the Plains . I found the yellow , white , and pink varieties , all of which are luxuriant in blossom and deliciously fragrant . The tiny blue star - grass ...
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... beauty and the strange suggestions of our place and time seemed to open every heart , infuse some genius into every mind . He must have had a vulgar nature indeed who could not be caught up into one short inspiration by the mere ...
... beauty and the strange suggestions of our place and time seemed to open every heart , infuse some genius into every mind . He must have had a vulgar nature indeed who could not be caught up into one short inspiration by the mere ...
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... beauty went forth at once , he fell prone on the trampled turf , and a glaze hid the anger of his eyes . Even in death those eyes were wide open on the foe , as he lay grand , like Cæsar be- fore Pompey's statue , at the feet of his ...
... beauty went forth at once , he fell prone on the trampled turf , and a glaze hid the anger of his eyes . Even in death those eyes were wide open on the foe , as he lay grand , like Cæsar be- fore Pompey's statue , at the feet of his ...
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... beauty which had no geometric reasons . Our best dreams of beauty are generally of that sort , belonging to the soul , and not to the intellect . We hated to have this vision disturbed by Gradgrind measurements of space . " If this were ...
... beauty which had no geometric reasons . Our best dreams of beauty are generally of that sort , belonging to the soul , and not to the intellect . We hated to have this vision disturbed by Gradgrind measurements of space . " If this were ...
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... beauty , who showed the typical German blonde through all her tan , peered out of one great canvas wagon cover , like a baby under the bonnet of the Shaker giantess , and coqueted for a moment with us from a pair of wicked - innocent ...
... beauty , who showed the typical German blonde through all her tan , peered out of one great canvas wagon cover , like a baby under the bonnet of the Shaker giantess , and coqueted for a moment with us from a pair of wicked - innocent ...
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