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Page 15
Down came the horse and this was not all - down came the driver ; and I could
not do less than follow , though at a little distance — our good steed kicking and
flounder . ing - covering us with hieroglyphics , which would be readily
decyphered ...
Down came the horse and this was not all - down came the driver ; and I could
not do less than follow , though at a little distance — our good steed kicking and
flounder . ing - covering us with hieroglyphics , which would be readily
decyphered ...
Page 42
... and these choice lodgings were sometimes disposed of by the first served at "
thirty per cent , advance . ” The country inns were thronged in proportion ; and
your horse's hay cost you nowhere less than a dollar per diem ; while ,
throughout ...
... and these choice lodgings were sometimes disposed of by the first served at "
thirty per cent , advance . ” The country inns were thronged in proportion ; and
your horse's hay cost you nowhere less than a dollar per diem ; while ,
throughout ...
Page 49
... the future city , might well call to mind the desolation which has settled on
Tadmor and Palmyra ; the anticipation of fu . ture life and splendour contrasting
no less forcibly with the actual scene than would the retrospect of departed
grandeur .
... the future city , might well call to mind the desolation which has settled on
Tadmor and Palmyra ; the anticipation of fu . ture life and splendour contrasting
no less forcibly with the actual scene than would the retrospect of departed
grandeur .
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... retired to rest in much more comfortable style than on the preceding night . The
first nap was in all its sweetness , when the whole party were aroused by a
hideous yelling , which to city ears could be no less than an Indian war - whoop .
... retired to rest in much more comfortable style than on the preceding night . The
first nap was in all its sweetness , when the whole party were aroused by a
hideous yelling , which to city ears could be no less than an Indian war - whoop .
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The roads near Detroit were inexpressibly bad . Many were the chances against
our toppling load's preserving its equilibrium . To our inexperience the risks
seemed nothing less than tremendous — but the driver so often reiterated , “ that
...
The roads near Detroit were inexpressibly bad . Many were the chances against
our toppling load's preserving its equilibrium . To our inexperience the risks
seemed nothing less than tremendous — but the driver so often reiterated , “ that
...
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| Title | A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Part 33 Novel newspaper |
| Author | Caroline Matilda Kirkland |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | C. S. Francis, 1839 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 337 pages |
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