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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... thought it ought to boil , and dash , and foam , and fret its way , in hurried search of the ocean . Although the Mississippi receives tributaries which are navigable for several thou- sand miles , yet its size is not at all apparently ...
... thought it ought to boil , and dash , and foam , and fret its way , in hurried search of the ocean . Although the Mississippi receives tributaries which are navigable for several thou- sand miles , yet its size is not at all apparently ...
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... thought the devil and all was in women— that there was nothing on earth like them . " Among the crowd that assembled on that evening was a pretty little girl whom David had often seen ; and he , with her for a partner , waited on the ...
... thought the devil and all was in women— that there was nothing on earth like them . " Among the crowd that assembled on that evening was a pretty little girl whom David had often seen ; and he , with her for a partner , waited on the ...
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... thought he was looking remarkably well that evening ; but with all this , his willingness to oblige , and a certain portion of good humour which played over his countenance , rendered him pleasant to look upon . Girls and boys were all ...
... thought he was looking remarkably well that evening ; but with all this , his willingness to oblige , and a certain portion of good humour which played over his countenance , rendered him pleasant to look upon . Girls and boys were all ...
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... thought so . The day passed off pleasantly , and happily came on the evening dance . There was no fashion- no finery - no short frocks - no corsetts . They did not encircle each other throughout the mazy wind- ings of a waltz ; nor were ...
... thought so . The day passed off pleasantly , and happily came on the evening dance . There was no fashion- no finery - no short frocks - no corsetts . They did not encircle each other throughout the mazy wind- ings of a waltz ; nor were ...
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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...