The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1870 - 568 Seiten |
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... faces of the crowd with a quick glance that took in no single look of pity ; the rope was adjusted , the wagon driven away , and there , a horrid fruit of man's hateful passions , he hung , uncovered to all vengeful eyes , and the pure ...
... faces of the crowd with a quick glance that took in no single look of pity ; the rope was adjusted , the wagon driven away , and there , a horrid fruit of man's hateful passions , he hung , uncovered to all vengeful eyes , and the pure ...
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... face like the pictures of De Quincey . In contour only , not in expression ; for in the wrinkles around his eyes lurks a Yankee waggery , which no English face , even the shrewdest , ever simulates . His hair is grizzled and wiry , such ...
... face like the pictures of De Quincey . In contour only , not in expression ; for in the wrinkles around his eyes lurks a Yankee waggery , which no English face , even the shrewdest , ever simulates . His hair is grizzled and wiry , such ...
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... face over the water , noticed an exquisitely subtle fragrance like that of tuberose and orange - flower combined . On pushing away the weeds which grew out over the pool , I found a nest of lovely white blossoms , smaller than the small ...
... face over the water , noticed an exquisitely subtle fragrance like that of tuberose and orange - flower combined . On pushing away the weeds which grew out over the pool , I found a nest of lovely white blossoms , smaller than the small ...
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... faces and voices of merry little colonists greeted us on every hand . The river - bottom was so riddled by the burrows of the prairie - dogs that we had to drive cautiously lest our horses should sink mid - leg deep at every step . I ...
... faces and voices of merry little colonists greeted us on every hand . The river - bottom was so riddled by the burrows of the prairie - dogs that we had to drive cautiously lest our horses should sink mid - leg deep at every step . I ...
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... face , by asking him if he wasn't ashamed to sprain all the flies ' legs that lit on him . Metaphors like these were common speech at the Comstocks ' . Some of the best stories and bonmots told by our frontiersmen had reference to " Old ...
... face , by asking him if he wasn't ashamed to sprain all the flies ' legs that lit on him . Metaphors like these were common speech at the Comstocks ' . Some of the best stories and bonmots told by our frontiersmen had reference to " Old ...
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