Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West TennesseeJ. and J. Harper, 1833 - 209 من الصفحات Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, Of West Tennessee by Printers J. & J. Harper, first published in 1833, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... in the composition of this work , may yet find amusement in the peculiar eccentricities of an original mind : and the grave philosopher , also , is here presented with a subject of deep and lasting meditation vi PREFACE .
... in the composition of this work , may yet find amusement in the peculiar eccentricities of an original mind : and the grave philosopher , also , is here presented with a subject of deep and lasting meditation vi PREFACE .
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... amusement , the cud of his political life . He has settled himself over the grave of an earthquake , which often reminds him of the cir- cumstance by moving itself as if tired of confine- ment . The wild face of the country - the wide ...
... amusement , the cud of his political life . He has settled himself over the grave of an earthquake , which often reminds him of the cir- cumstance by moving itself as if tired of confine- ment . The wild face of the country - the wide ...
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... amusement less fatiguing , or for one which promises more pleasure . Even conundrums ( I hate them , for they always remind me of rail - road stockings , which I abominate ) were unknown . But , by - the - bye , why is the loveliest and ...
... amusement less fatiguing , or for one which promises more pleasure . Even conundrums ( I hate them , for they always remind me of rail - road stockings , which I abominate ) were unknown . But , by - the - bye , why is the loveliest and ...
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... amusement . It requires more talent , and gives a wider field for the formation of stratagems and the exercise of ingenuity than any other species of the same occupation . There are many modes practised by a wary hunter of approaching ...
... amusement . It requires more talent , and gives a wider field for the formation of stratagems and the exercise of ingenuity than any other species of the same occupation . There are many modes practised by a wary hunter of approaching ...
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... amusement , and began to mix among the people . He could occasionally hear of persons who intended to vote for the great bear hunter . He was becoming somewhat formidable , and the three other candi- dates agreed among themselves that ...
... amusement , and began to mix among the people . He could occasionally hear of persons who intended to vote for the great bear hunter . He was becoming somewhat formidable , and the three other candi- dates agreed among themselves that ...
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الصفحة 44 - Rather stand it like a man and be consoled, not by the trite adage that " there are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught...
الصفحة 162 - I'M THAT same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping-turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust; can whip my weight in wild cats, — and if any gentleman pleases, for a ten dollar bill, he may throw in a panther, — hug a bear too close for comfort, and eat any man opposed to Jackson.
الصفحة 7 - A DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, AND ITS INHABITANTS. With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers.
الصفحة 2 - No person's education can be considered complete without a certain degree of attention to the most recent improvements and discoveries in every branch of science. In none have greater advances been made, in the present century, than in geography and the knowledge of the earth which we inhabit...
الصفحة 1 - The study of Natural History is at all times, and to almost every person, eminently pleasing and instructive : the object .in this admirable volume has been to render it doubly captivating by the plain and simple style in which it is treated, and by the numerous engravings with .which the text is illustrated. There is no branch of this delightful science more pleasing than that which exhibits the wonderful goodness and wisdom of the Creator, as they are displayed in the endless varieties of insect...