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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... camp , and halted at its mouth to consider our course . all the commanding prominences of the divide was stationed a giant bull , motionless , as if carven in bronze , noting our every gesture with red , inevitable eyes . We determined ...
... camp , and halted at its mouth to consider our course . all the commanding prominences of the divide was stationed a giant bull , motionless , as if carven in bronze , noting our every gesture with red , inevitable eyes . We determined ...
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... camp on horseback , and was charging with carbine slung and revolver drawn , up another draw about a mile to the north of our first advance , I stayed on top of the divide , and , lying down close to the grass- roots , began to work ...
... camp on horseback , and was charging with carbine slung and revolver drawn , up another draw about a mile to the north of our first advance , I stayed on top of the divide , and , lying down close to the grass- roots , began to work ...
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... camp . Our artist had made two or three studies of game and horses while we were " wasting our time " ( as people always say to hunters who return light , though I notice that a nice pair of grouse or saddle of venison greatly dignifies ...
... camp . Our artist had made two or three studies of game and horses while we were " wasting our time " ( as people always say to hunters who return light , though I notice that a nice pair of grouse or saddle of venison greatly dignifies ...
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... camp shades away from supper to bed - time . From the " Noctes Ambrosiana " down to the last book on the Adirondacks , Literature delights to dwell on such occasions . The romance and poetry , the wit and wisdom , of the camp - fire ...
... camp shades away from supper to bed - time . From the " Noctes Ambrosiana " down to the last book on the Adirondacks , Literature delights to dwell on such occasions . The romance and poetry , the wit and wisdom , of the camp - fire ...
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... camp - stool , and sketching - umbrella into the buggy , hitched a team of the wagon - horses to it , and , taking one of our own party in with him , declared his intention of visiting the battle - field solely as " our special artist ...
... camp - stool , and sketching - umbrella into the buggy , hitched a team of the wagon - horses to it , and , taking one of our own party in with him , declared his intention of visiting the battle - field solely as " our special artist ...
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