Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West, Opseg 2J.W. Parker, 1850 |
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... hundreds of human beings by his unprincipled duplicity . The snags and sawyers , which , though every effort is made to keep them down , are constantly rearing their treacherous heads an inch or so above the water , and threatening ...
... hundreds of human beings by his unprincipled duplicity . The snags and sawyers , which , though every effort is made to keep them down , are constantly rearing their treacherous heads an inch or so above the water , and threatening ...
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... hundred miles to travel on these giant rivers the Ohio and the Mississippi , and the distance altogether from Brownsville to New Or- leans is a voyage of only two or three hundred miles less than that across the Atlantic from 20 ...
... hundred miles to travel on these giant rivers the Ohio and the Mississippi , and the distance altogether from Brownsville to New Or- leans is a voyage of only two or three hundred miles less than that across the Atlantic from 20 ...
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... hundred miles , more or less , ' but the truth is , that one grows very reckless of odd hundreds while calculating distances on this gigantic scale . The river voyage would ( we were aware , notwithstanding the advantages of smooth ...
... hundred miles , more or less , ' but the truth is , that one grows very reckless of odd hundreds while calculating distances on this gigantic scale . The river voyage would ( we were aware , notwithstanding the advantages of smooth ...
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... hundred miles , one grows quite tired of the monotony and sameness of the scenery . We were also disappointed in the colour of the crystal stream , ' which , though cer- tainly not like the running mud of the Mississippi , is ...
... hundred miles , one grows quite tired of the monotony and sameness of the scenery . We were also disappointed in the colour of the crystal stream , ' which , though cer- tainly not like the running mud of the Mississippi , is ...
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... hundred miles . I believe that not a few of the passengers hailed with delight the announce- ment of any fresh delay , preferring greatly to be kept at the cost of the steamboat captain . As I have an opportunity of sending off this ...
... hundred miles . I believe that not a few of the passengers hailed with delight the announce- ment of any fresh delay , preferring greatly to be kept at the cost of the steamboat captain . As I have an opportunity of sending off this ...
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