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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... green corn and tomatoes ; jars of as- sorted pickles , tamarinds , and cans of beef , prepared by a process which left nothing but salt and heating necessary for the creation of a capital ragout . Before these stores were exhausted we ...
... green corn and tomatoes ; jars of as- sorted pickles , tamarinds , and cans of beef , prepared by a process which left nothing but salt and heating necessary for the creation of a capital ragout . Before these stores were exhausted we ...
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... sides of all the divides ; they checkered the rich green of the ravines with delicious contrasts ; and every now and then , as the grass waved , glowed upon us out of their secret nurseries among the 34 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
... sides of all the divides ; they checkered the rich green of the ravines with delicious contrasts ; and every now and then , as the grass waved , glowed upon us out of their secret nurseries among the 34 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
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... green fila- ments rooted in the ooze of the pool . No American blossom that I am acquainted with , not even the trail- ing arbutus , possesses such an indescribable ethereal fragrance as this tiny water - lily . I sought in vain to ...
... green fila- ments rooted in the ooze of the pool . No American blossom that I am acquainted with , not even the trail- ing arbutus , possesses such an indescribable ethereal fragrance as this tiny water - lily . I sought in vain to ...
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... green boy , and trembled all over . Buffaloes - indubitable buffaloes - feeding on that vast , sunny , fenceless mead , in as matter - of - fact and bovine a manner as any New England farmer's cows on one of Coleman's or Shattuck's elm ...
... green boy , and trembled all over . Buffaloes - indubitable buffaloes - feeding on that vast , sunny , fenceless mead , in as matter - of - fact and bovine a manner as any New England farmer's cows on one of Coleman's or Shattuck's elm ...
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... green plain below us , and drifting cloud - shadows brought out the contour of the lofty bluffs , which alternately projected into and receded from the plain on the river's further side . Here and there the fringing cotton - woods broke ...
... green plain below us , and drifting cloud - shadows brought out the contour of the lofty bluffs , which alternately projected into and receded from the plain on the river's further side . Here and there the fringing cotton - woods broke ...
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