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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... possessed the other , and with a great panting groan , in which all of brute power and 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 ...
... possessed the other , and with a great panting groan , in which all of brute power and 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 ...
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... possessing greater speed and endurance than the common ox . I was further told , on excellent authority , what seemed hard of be- lief , and under the circumstances was impossible of tangible demonstration , that this hybrid had been ...
... possessing greater speed and endurance than the common ox . I was further told , on excellent authority , what seemed hard of be- lief , and under the circumstances was impossible of tangible demonstration , that this hybrid had been ...
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... possessing , so far as I could discover , as little that was valuable in the way of springs as of diamonds . It had , however , its uses to me . It meant bed . My mind was made up , that is to say , what mind I had left . It all rallied ...
... possessing , so far as I could discover , as little that was valuable in the way of springs as of diamonds . It had , however , its uses to me . It meant bed . My mind was made up , that is to say , what mind I had left . It all rallied ...
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... the great argosy that rippled the smooth , glowing water ; and beyond my immediate ken , there may have been detach- ments from numerous others , Colorado possessing fourteen distinct species 9 THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TO THE GOLD MINES . 129.
... the great argosy that rippled the smooth , glowing water ; and beyond my immediate ken , there may have been detach- ments from numerous others , Colorado possessing fourteen distinct species 9 THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TO THE GOLD MINES . 129.
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... possessing fourteen distinct species of the bird . Every step of my way along the margin of the main stream sent the quacking mistress of some future family scurry- ing off her loose - built nest , until the water was alive with gliding ...
... possessing fourteen distinct species of the bird . Every step of my way along the margin of the main stream sent the quacking mistress of some future family scurry- ing off her loose - built nest , until the water was alive with gliding ...
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