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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... hour of eight a . M. It was still raining when we arose ; but it was only a trickle compared with the night before . A Euphu- ist , indefatigable in hunting metaphors to earth , might have said that the sky looked like a battle - field ...
... hour of eight a . M. It was still raining when we arose ; but it was only a trickle compared with the night before . A Euphu- ist , indefatigable in hunting metaphors to earth , might have said that the sky looked like a battle - field ...
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... hour so luxuriously late as it appeared to our sturdy host , our last late breakfast having been eaten , like others of the series , at half - past eleven in New York . Yet we were undeniably refreshed from the sore , wide - awake ...
... hour so luxuriously late as it appeared to our sturdy host , our last late breakfast having been eaten , like others of the series , at half - past eleven in New York . Yet we were undeniably refreshed from the sore , wide - awake ...
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... hour's ride , across the Blue , ante- lope are nearly as plenty as anywhere on the Plains ; and one afternoon's good sport will replenish the Comstock larders with the best fresh meat known to wild or civilized bills of fare . George ...
... hour's ride , across the Blue , ante- lope are nearly as plenty as anywhere on the Plains ; and one afternoon's good sport will replenish the Comstock larders with the best fresh meat known to wild or civilized bills of fare . George ...
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... hour , and had crossed a wet ravine , called " White Ash Draw , " be- tween our original divide and the next further south , when we saw our first antelope . He was a mere glanc- ing spot on the sunny side of a slope two miles off , and ...
... hour , and had crossed a wet ravine , called " White Ash Draw , " be- tween our original divide and the next further south , when we saw our first antelope . He was a mere glanc- ing spot on the sunny side of a slope two miles off , and ...
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... hour . The sentinel had forgot- ten us , we thought , for he began moving toward our ambush on a slow stately walk , and descended the side of the draw . We crept along behind the bushes on our hands and knees , intending to flank him ...
... hour . The sentinel had forgot- ten us , we thought , for he began moving toward our ambush on a slow stately walk , and descended the side of the draw . We crept along behind the bushes on our hands and knees , intending to flank him ...
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