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... Michigan , the merit of general truth of outline . Beyond this I venture not to aspire . I felt somewhat tempted to set forth my little book as being entirely , what it is very nearly - a veritable history ; an unimpeachable transcript ...
... Michigan , the merit of general truth of outline . Beyond this I venture not to aspire . I felt somewhat tempted to set forth my little book as being entirely , what it is very nearly - a veritable history ; an unimpeachable transcript ...
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... Michigan , what would she not have made of such materials as Tinkerville , Monta- cute , and the Turnip ? When my husband purchased two hundred acres of wild land on the banks of this to - be- celebrated stream , and drew with a piece ...
... Michigan , what would she not have made of such materials as Tinkerville , Monta- cute , and the Turnip ? When my husband purchased two hundred acres of wild land on the banks of this to - be- celebrated stream , and drew with a piece ...
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... Michigan deserve a poet of their own . Shelley , who sang so quaintly of " the pied wind - flowers and the tulip tall , ” would have found many a fanciful comparison and deep - drawn meaning for the thousand gems of the road - side ...
... Michigan deserve a poet of their own . Shelley , who sang so quaintly of " the pied wind - flowers and the tulip tall , ” would have found many a fanciful comparison and deep - drawn meaning for the thousand gems of the road - side ...
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... Michigan . Our vehicle was not perhaps very judiciously chosen ; —at least we have since thought so . It was a light high - hung carriage - of the de- scription commonly known as a buggy or shan- drydan - names of which I would be glad ...
... Michigan . Our vehicle was not perhaps very judiciously chosen ; —at least we have since thought so . It was a light high - hung carriage - of the de- scription commonly known as a buggy or shan- drydan - names of which I would be glad ...
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... Michigan . Our journey was marked by no incident more alarming than the one I have related , though one night passed in a wretched inn , deep in the " timbered land ” —as all woods are called in Michigan - was not without its terrors ...
... Michigan . Our journey was marked by no incident more alarming than the one I have related , though one night passed in a wretched inn , deep in the " timbered land ” —as all woods are called in Michigan - was not without its terrors ...
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