Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802Holt, 1909 - 429 páginas |
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... appearance , form the year by accumulation . When I went to bed there was little sleep to be obtained ; for a huge mastiff in the yard , notwithstanding the Doctor put his head out of the window and vociferated to him re- peatedly , did ...
... appearance , form the year by accumulation . When I went to bed there was little sleep to be obtained ; for a huge mastiff in the yard , notwithstanding the Doctor put his head out of the window and vociferated to him re- peatedly , did ...
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... appearance , said he , shews I am in the most wretched state of poverty , there was a time when I knew the comforts of a home and fireside . These are past , but there is a pleasure in the recollection of them ; for no man who has ...
... appearance , said he , shews I am in the most wretched state of poverty , there was a time when I knew the comforts of a home and fireside . These are past , but there is a pleasure in the recollection of them ; for no man who has ...
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... appearance both terrific and gro- tesque . Through these woods , belching flames and rolling smoke , I had to travel nearly a mile , when the sound of the negro's axe chop- ping of wood , announced that I was near Pocotaligo . At ...
... appearance both terrific and gro- tesque . Through these woods , belching flames and rolling smoke , I had to travel nearly a mile , when the sound of the negro's axe chop- ping of wood , announced that I was near Pocotaligo . At ...
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... appearance of wretchedness , are not greater favourites of nature than the opulent . Nothing comes amiss to the slave ; he will find repose on the flint , when sleep flies the eye - lids of his master on a bed of down . I seated myself ...
... appearance of wretchedness , are not greater favourites of nature than the opulent . Nothing comes amiss to the slave ; he will find repose on the flint , when sleep flies the eye - lids of his master on a bed of down . I seated myself ...
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... appearance of being in masquerade . When the wind is violent Savannah is a desart scene . Having purchased a little edition of Mrs. Smith's sonnets , † my delight was to ascend the eminence which commands the view of the river , and ...
... appearance of being in masquerade . When the wind is violent Savannah is a desart scene . Having purchased a little edition of Mrs. Smith's sonnets , † my delight was to ascend the eminence which commands the view of the river , and ...
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