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He had a powder - horn and shot - bag over his shoulders , a liquor flask hanging
on one side , and a pouch full of dead quails on the other , was altogether rather
coarsely caparisoned , and seemed to be intent on his game . Just after he ...
He had a powder - horn and shot - bag over his shoulders , a liquor flask hanging
on one side , and a pouch full of dead quails on the other , was altogether rather
coarsely caparisoned , and seemed to be intent on his game . Just after he ...
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At length I reached a spot where the chasm , separating the two rocks , was
narrower than at any other part . At first view , it seemed as if it were possible to
leap over it , but a nearer examination showed me that the passage was
impracticable .
At length I reached a spot where the chasm , separating the two rocks , was
narrower than at any other part . At first view , it seemed as if it were possible to
leap over it , but a nearer examination showed me that the passage was
impracticable .
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But he whom I now beheld , was seated where it seemed impossible for human
efforts to have placed him.But this affected me but little in comparison with other
incidents . Not only the countenance was human , but in spite of shaggy and ...
But he whom I now beheld , was seated where it seemed impossible for human
efforts to have placed him.But this affected me but little in comparison with other
incidents . Not only the countenance was human , but in spite of shaggy and ...
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The latter , who seemed in no haste , cheerfully complied , and even seemed
pleased with the opportunity of acting the Cicerone , and detailing all the
wonderful tales extant , in relation to the great cataract . He did not , it is true ,
relate that ...
The latter , who seemed in no haste , cheerfully complied , and even seemed
pleased with the opportunity of acting the Cicerone , and detailing all the
wonderful tales extant , in relation to the great cataract . He did not , it is true ,
relate that ...
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snake still seemed desirous of retreating toward the ditch , its natural element .
This was no sooner perceived by the keen - eyed black one , than twisting its tail
twice round a stalk of hemp , and seizing its adversary by the throat , not by
means ...
snake still seemed desirous of retreating toward the ditch , its natural element .
This was no sooner perceived by the keen - eyed black one , than twisting its tail
twice round a stalk of hemp , and seizing its adversary by the throat , not by
means ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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