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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... never felt it till about twelve o'clock the first night out , when my legs began growing unpleasantly long , and my feet swelled to such a size that they touched all the boxes and musket - butts upon the floor . When these symptoms were ...
... never felt it till about twelve o'clock the first night out , when my legs began growing unpleasantly long , and my feet swelled to such a size that they touched all the boxes and musket - butts upon the floor . When these symptoms were ...
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... never saw anywhere . But all of them except myself were just far enough gone in fatigue to take cat - naps against their strap or in their corners . My head was swollen with fever , but I could not succumb . After half an hour's vain ...
... never saw anywhere . But all of them except myself were just far enough gone in fatigue to take cat - naps against their strap or in their corners . My head was swollen with fever , but I could not succumb . After half an hour's vain ...
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... Never in my life did I see cloud distances graded with such delicacy . One could almost measure them by miles from the inky surface , hang- ing with torn fringes of leaden vapor just above our head , up through the tremendous chasms ...
... Never in my life did I see cloud distances graded with such delicacy . One could almost measure them by miles from the inky surface , hang- ing with torn fringes of leaden vapor just above our head , up through the tremendous chasms ...
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... never saw anywhere , on sea or land . Sitting on the box still , for I had much rather be soaked than desert such a ... never seen before and never expect to see again . There was a temporary lull in the conflict above us . Into the ...
... never saw anywhere , on sea or land . Sitting on the box still , for I had much rather be soaked than desert such a ... never seen before and never expect to see again . There was a temporary lull in the conflict above us . Into the ...
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... never tires of talking about people who have helped her at the East . " I would go fur- ther , " said he one day , " to take a look at Henry Ward Beecher , than to see the biggest old buffalo - bull that ever ran . " • Comstock is a ...
... never tires of talking about people who have helped her at the East . " I would go fur- ther , " said he one day , " to take a look at Henry Ward Beecher , than to see the biggest old buffalo - bull that ever ran . " • Comstock is a ...
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