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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... of property shed its baleful influence over their wild society - no white man was here to practise them in all the wiles of deception : -No - there was none . Here my young daughters of the forest have led on the mazy dance INTRODUCTION .
... of property shed its baleful influence over their wild society - no white man was here to practise them in all the wiles of deception : -No - there was none . Here my young daughters of the forest have led on the mazy dance INTRODUCTION .
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... young , his father moved from Greene to Sullivan county , and settled upon a public road for the purpose of keeping a tavern . David's duty here was to wait about the house and stable , and the labour devolving on him was already too ...
... young , his father moved from Greene to Sullivan county , and settled upon a public road for the purpose of keeping a tavern . David's duty here was to wait about the house and stable , and the labour devolving on him was already too ...
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... young acquaintance was before him . However , he received him with much kindness , and paid him that attention which his situation deserved - making him drink whiskey freely , and by degrees thawing his frozen limbs . He also quieted ...
... young acquaintance was before him . However , he received him with much kindness , and paid him that attention which his situation deserved - making him drink whiskey freely , and by degrees thawing his frozen limbs . He also quieted ...
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... young ; and one would be disposed to look upon it merely as a premonitory symptom of similar adventures in after life . He soon became a favourite with the wagoners , spent his time pleasantly , and arrived in safety at his father's ...
... young ; and one would be disposed to look upon it merely as a premonitory symptom of similar adventures in after life . He soon became a favourite with the wagoners , spent his time pleasantly , and arrived in safety at his father's ...
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... young , he arrived and stopped with some relations , distant from his father's about one hundred miles . Here he sojourned until he either was or fancied himself an unwelcome guest . He then set out determined to reach his father's ...
... young , he arrived and stopped with some relations , distant from his father's about one hundred miles . Here he sojourned until he either was or fancied himself an unwelcome guest . He then set out determined to reach his father's ...
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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...