The Price of the Prairie: A Story of KansasA.C. McClurg & Company, 1910 - 489 Seiten |
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... street was as broad as an Eastern boulevard . Space counted for nothing in planning towns in a land made up of distances . At the end of this street stood the " Last Chance " general store , the outpost of civilization . What the ...
... street was as broad as an Eastern boulevard . Space counted for nothing in planning towns in a land made up of distances . At the end of this street stood the " Last Chance " general store , the outpost of civilization . What the ...
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... street , with a double veranda along the front and the north side . A huge oak tree grew before it , and a flagstone walk led up to the veranda steps . In big black lettering its inscription over the door told the wayfarer on the old ...
... street , with a double veranda along the front and the north side . A huge oak tree grew before it , and a flagstone walk led up to the veranda steps . In big black lettering its inscription over the door told the wayfarer on the old ...
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... street before it the bluff broke pre- cipitously four hundred feet to the level floor of the valley below . Sometimes the shelving rocks furnished a foot- ing where one could clamber down half way and walk along the narrow ledge . Here ...
... street before it the bluff broke pre- cipitously four hundred feet to the level floor of the valley below . Sometimes the shelving rocks furnished a foot- ing where one could clamber down half way and walk along the narrow ledge . Here ...
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... street from the cliff I saw the lithe form of young Indian . He came straight to the house and stood by the east window where he could see inside . Then with quick , springing step he walked down the slope . I crossed to the west window ...
... street from the cliff I saw the lithe form of young Indian . He came straight to the house and stood by the east window where he could see inside . Then with quick , springing step he walked down the slope . I crossed to the west window ...
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... Street through the wet gloom , her face like a white blossom in the shadowy twilight , her crimson jacket open at the throat , and the soft little worsted scarf about her damp fluffy curls making a glow of rich coloring in the dim light ...
... Street through the wet gloom , her face like a white blossom in the shadowy twilight , her crimson jacket open at the throat , and the soft little worsted scarf about her damp fluffy curls making a glow of rich coloring in the dim light ...
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Amos Judson anyhow Arickaree asked Aunt Candace battle beautiful Bill Mead Black Kettle bluff Bud Anderson bushes called Cam Gentry caught cavalry Cheyennes Cliff Street Custer dark death eyes face Father Le Claire Fingal's Creek Fort Wallace gave George Barr McCutcheon girl goin gone hand heard heart Hemingway Hermit's Cave horses Indian Injun Jean Pahusca John Baronet Judge Baronet Kansas keep Kiowas knew land letter Lettie Conlow light looked Marjie Marjie's mother Neosho never night O'Meara O'mie O'mie's Osage Phil Baronet Plains pony prairie priest Rachel Melrose Red Range river Rockport Saline Valley shadows smiled soldiers spoke Springvale stood story sweet Tell Mapleson There's thing thought Tillhurst told Topeka town trail turned twilight valley voice waiting Whately Whately's word young
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Seite 168 - I have eaten your bread and salt, I have drunk your water and wine; The deaths ye died I have watched beside, And the lives that ye led were mine. Was there aught that I did not share In vigil or toil or ease,— One joy or woe that I did not know, Dear hearts across the seas? I have written the tale of our life For a sheltered people's mirth, In jesting guise — but ye are wise, And ye know what the jest is worth.
Seite 99 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Seite 244 - You. Lear. Dost thou know me, fellow? Kent. No, sir ; but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master.
Seite 292 - But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered" Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. " Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. " Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
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Seite 132 - Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
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Seite 261 - A BLUSH as of roses Where rose never grew ! Great drops on the bunch-grass, But not of the dew ! A taint in the sweet air For wild bees to shun ! A stain that shall never Bleach out in the sun...