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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... seemed to open every heart , infuse some genius into every mind . He must have had a vulgar nature indeed who could not be caught up into one short inspiration by the mere reflection upon where we were . Half a score of white men all ...
... seemed to open every heart , infuse some genius into every mind . He must have had a vulgar nature indeed who could not be caught up into one short inspiration by the mere reflection upon where we were . Half a score of white men all ...
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... seemed to see Prometheus on his rock , defying the gods . Kill a deer , and he pleads with you out of his wet , dying eye ; a bear falls headlong with a grunt , and gives up his stolid ghost without more ado , if the bullet is mortal ...
... seemed to see Prometheus on his rock , defying the gods . Kill a deer , and he pleads with you out of his wet , dying eye ; a bear falls headlong with a grunt , and gives up his stolid ghost without more ado , if the bullet is mortal ...
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... seemed hard of be- lief , and under the circumstances was impossible of tangible demonstration , that this hybrid had been found perpetuable . This is a curious fact , when we recollect how much more the cow and the buffalo differ from ...
... seemed hard of be- lief , and under the circumstances was impossible of tangible demonstration , that this hybrid had been found perpetuable . This is a curious fact , when we recollect how much more the cow and the buffalo differ from ...
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... seemed saying , " To be bothered in this way at my time of life ! " When the herd had passed , and joined the body I had lately been chasing , the combined force stopped about half a mile ahead . I turned , as the last lag- gards panted ...
... seemed saying , " To be bothered in this way at my time of life ! " When the herd had passed , and joined the body I had lately been chasing , the combined force stopped about half a mile ahead . I turned , as the last lag- gards panted ...
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... seemed the easiest thing in the world to retrace my steps . I remounted Nig , and be- gan pushing for home . I remembered that our camp was nearly due north from a certain characteristic butte of the White Rock range . I resolved to ...
... seemed the easiest thing in the world to retrace my steps . I remounted Nig , and be- gan pushing for home . I remembered that our camp was nearly due north from a certain characteristic butte of the White Rock range . I resolved to ...
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