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... this vision disturbed by Gradgrind measurements of space. " If this were a
delusion, let us dream on ! " I must confess that this region of mirage is almost the
only place, till one reaches the Platte's ice-cold canon, in the mountains of
Colorado, ...
... this vision disturbed by Gradgrind measurements of space. " If this were a
delusion, let us dream on ! " I must confess that this region of mirage is almost the
only place, till one reaches the Platte's ice-cold canon, in the mountains of
Colorado, ...
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Beyond Spring Hill, the South Platte makes the nearest approach to beauty which
you find in it till you see it issuing from its lofty canon back of Denver. All the way
that we skirted it during the remainder of the afternoon, it was studded with ...
Beyond Spring Hill, the South Platte makes the nearest approach to beauty which
you find in it till you see it issuing from its lofty canon back of Denver. All the way
that we skirted it during the remainder of the afternoon, it was studded with ...
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The Fontaine qui Bouille (here pronounced " Fon- ten kee Boo'yeh ") is a clear
and rapid stream, about ten yards wide, and two feet deep, issuing from a canon
near the true base of Pike's Peak, and skirting the edge of the Colorado City ...
The Fontaine qui Bouille (here pronounced " Fon- ten kee Boo'yeh ") is a clear
and rapid stream, about ten yards wide, and two feet deep, issuing from a canon
near the true base of Pike's Peak, and skirting the edge of the Colorado City ...
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Through the low bottom immediately east of the Gods' Garden, I found a number
of " sequis," or distributing ditches, already run, connecting with a small rivulet
which came from Camp Creek Canon, and fell lower down into the Fontaine qui ...
Through the low bottom immediately east of the Gods' Garden, I found a number
of " sequis," or distributing ditches, already run, connecting with a small rivulet
which came from Camp Creek Canon, and fell lower down into the Fontaine qui ...
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The character of the uplifts in the mouth of this canon is even bolder than at the
Garden of the Gods. The most remarkable columnar structure that I saw in our
whole journey exists here, in an obelisk of the same brilliant natural brick which ...
The character of the uplifts in the mouth of this canon is even bolder than at the
Garden of the Gods. The most remarkable columnar structure that I saw in our
whole journey exists here, in an obelisk of the same brilliant natural brick which ...
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| Titel | The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle |
| Autor | Fitz Hugh Ludlow |
| Verlag | Hurd and Houghton, 1871 |
| Original von | Princeton University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Jan. 2009 |
| Länge | 568 Seiten |
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