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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... Once , only a canoe danced lightly over your wa- ters : now , floating palaces adorn them , which realize all the gorgeous tales of eastern fancy , and with all their beauty blend the power of the magic carpet- ' Walk your waters like ...
... Once , only a canoe danced lightly over your wa- ters : now , floating palaces adorn them , which realize all the gorgeous tales of eastern fancy , and with all their beauty blend the power of the magic carpet- ' Walk your waters like ...
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... once the abode of human beings , who are now lounging idly about in the vale of eternity - not so small as the de- generate race of modern days , but majestic in size , and capable , according to scripture command , of managing the ...
... once the abode of human beings , who are now lounging idly about in the vale of eternity - not so small as the de- generate race of modern days , but majestic in size , and capable , according to scripture command , of managing the ...
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... once was . Sometimes they are surrounded by a ditch , now almost effaced from the decay of vegetable matter , which gives them the appearance of works thrown up for defence . But , for what they were intended - when they were built ...
... once was . Sometimes they are surrounded by a ditch , now almost effaced from the decay of vegetable matter , which gives them the appearance of works thrown up for defence . But , for what they were intended - when they were built ...
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... once as fair as is now that of Hannibal or Cæsar , Napoleon or Wellington . Yes , methinks , they each had a Cannæ or a Pharsalia , an Auster- litz or a Waterloo . * Yes , how often here , have I wandered over fields which , perhaps ...
... once as fair as is now that of Hannibal or Cæsar , Napoleon or Wellington . Yes , methinks , they each had a Cannæ or a Pharsalia , an Auster- litz or a Waterloo . * Yes , how often here , have I wandered over fields which , perhaps ...
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... once resided here , entirely destroyed by the Indian tribes who took possession ? Is not their present appearance owing to the fact that the Indians have burned them regularly since they were cultivated , in order to preserve them as ...
... once resided here , entirely destroyed by the Indian tribes who took possession ? Is not their present appearance owing to the fact that the Indians have burned them regularly since they were cultivated , in order to preserve them as ...
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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...