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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... when they will only be looked upon with the conviction of truth . Oft , while seated upon the margin of the Missis- sippi river - the greatest curiosity on our globe- have I indulged in thought , until my brain reeled INTRODUCTION. ...
... when they will only be looked upon with the conviction of truth . Oft , while seated upon the margin of the Missis- sippi river - the greatest curiosity on our globe- have I indulged in thought , until my brain reeled INTRODUCTION. ...
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... rivers had never been disturbed by the noise of a steamboat ; there was nothing to break in upon the stillness of evening , save the loud whoop of her children , the long howl of some hungry wolf , the wild scream of a famished panther ...
... rivers had never been disturbed by the noise of a steamboat ; there was nothing to break in upon the stillness of evening , save the loud whoop of her children , the long howl of some hungry wolf , the wild scream of a famished panther ...
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... . " I cannot say that Col. Crockett has ever performed either of the above feats , but often have I seen him seated on the margin of a river , shooting with a single ball its scaly inmates , when only for an instant in INTRODUCTION . 19.
... . " I cannot say that Col. Crockett has ever performed either of the above feats , but often have I seen him seated on the margin of a river , shooting with a single ball its scaly inmates , when only for an instant in INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... River ; when , the late war breaking out , he left home , and served as a volun- teer in defence of his country . After serving several months , he obtained permission to return home ; but having tasted the excitement of battle , the ...
... River ; when , the late war breaking out , he left home , and served as a volun- teer in defence of his country . After serving several months , he obtained permission to return home ; but having tasted the excitement of battle , the ...
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... river . That country has been subject to slight shocks ever since , and the colonel remarked to me , that fre- quently , while at work , he has had his clothes or hat shaken down , but would merely hang them up and continue his labour ...
... river . That country has been subject to slight shocks ever since , and the colonel remarked to me , that fre- quently , while at work , he has had his clothes or hat shaken down , but would merely hang them up and continue his labour ...
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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...