Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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... gave a breathing swing to his upper body . Beyond physical dimensions and details , it was his quality of movement that gave him his most characteristic appearance ; for movement expressed nature and will . His nature was to be free ...
... gave a breathing swing to his upper body . Beyond physical dimensions and details , it was his quality of movement that gave him his most characteristic appearance ; for movement expressed nature and will . His nature was to be free ...
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... gave it no lateral motion . On it went , glacial white , mountain high , deathly still , a spectral , glid- ing glory of moonlit space . . . . It passed , vanished , and made no sign ... , My standards of the sublime are few - it is one ...
... gave it no lateral motion . On it went , glacial white , mountain high , deathly still , a spectral , glid- ing glory of moonlit space . . . . It passed , vanished , and made no sign ... , My standards of the sublime are few - it is one ...
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... gave a stunning exhibition of a sham battle ; and later the resident pastor gave a collation to the staff , while behind his back the young soldiers and the Indian servant girls flirted in a “ little exchange of the artillery of the ...
... gave a stunning exhibition of a sham battle ; and later the resident pastor gave a collation to the staff , while behind his back the young soldiers and the Indian servant girls flirted in a “ little exchange of the artillery of the ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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