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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... early age David was put to work . No one , at this early age , could have foretold that he was ever to ride upon a streak of lightning , receive a commission to quiet the fears of the world , by wringing off the tail of a comet , or per ...
... early age David was put to work . No one , at this early age , could have foretold that he was ever to ride upon a streak of lightning , receive a commission to quiet the fears of the world , by wringing off the tail of a comet , or per ...
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... early age of twelve years , en- tirely uneducated , he bade adieu to home , and , in the backwoods phrase , began to knock about . But a few days elapsed after the contract was made , before the old Dutchman , having bought up his ...
... early age of twelve years , en- tirely uneducated , he bade adieu to home , and , in the backwoods phrase , began to knock about . But a few days elapsed after the contract was made , before the old Dutchman , having bought up his ...
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... early riser , not having retired during the evening , suffer- ing the after - claps always attendant upon a night of dissipation . It being the first excess he was ever known to be guilty of , nothing else was talked about . With him ...
... early riser , not having retired during the evening , suffer- ing the after - claps always attendant upon a night of dissipation . It being the first excess he was ever known to be guilty of , nothing else was talked about . With him ...
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... early years , which the fancy still delights to visit and linger on , as at home . They luckily , in a short time , came in sight of a hospitable roof , where they were entertained with much kindness . On the next day , David attended ...
... early years , which the fancy still delights to visit and linger on , as at home . They luckily , in a short time , came in sight of a hospitable roof , where they were entertained with much kindness . On the next day , David attended ...
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... early life had rendered him unqualified , he felt awkward . However , he took his seat , and the preliminary business of electing door keepers , clerks , etc. having been gone through , he discovered many persons presenting what they ...
... early life had rendered him unqualified , he felt awkward . However , he took his seat , and the preliminary business of electing door keepers , clerks , etc. having been gone through , he discovered many persons presenting what they ...
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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...