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... woods . There we see Oglethorpe ex- plaining the object of his visit , expatiating upon the power , grandeur and wealth of his king and country ; proffering friendship , and proposing to treat for a portion of lands . And here ...
... woods . There we see Oglethorpe ex- plaining the object of his visit , expatiating upon the power , grandeur and wealth of his king and country ; proffering friendship , and proposing to treat for a portion of lands . And here ...
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... woods where birds forget to sing , But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling ; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd , Where the dark scorpion gathers death around , Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The ...
... woods where birds forget to sing , But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling ; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd , Where the dark scorpion gathers death around , Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The ...
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... woods , as are many other sorts of fruit trees of excellent kinds , and the growth of them is surprizingly swift ; for a peach , apricot , or necta- rine , will , from the stone , grow to be a bearing tree in four or five years time ...
... woods , as are many other sorts of fruit trees of excellent kinds , and the growth of them is surprizingly swift ; for a peach , apricot , or necta- rine , will , from the stone , grow to be a bearing tree in four or five years time ...
Page 51
... woods , yielding gums and rosin , and also some oil excellent for curing wounds . † The woods near the Savannah are not hard to be cleared , many of them have no underwood , and the trees do not stand generally thick on the ground , but ...
... woods , yielding gums and rosin , and also some oil excellent for curing wounds . † The woods near the Savannah are not hard to be cleared , many of them have no underwood , and the trees do not stand generally thick on the ground , but ...
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... woods , or their hunt- ing should once fail them ; one scanty season would infalli- bly famish whole nations of them . Another great cause of their destruction was the small - pox , the Europeans brought this distemper among them . Now ...
... woods , or their hunt- ing should once fail them ; one scanty season would infalli- bly famish whole nations of them . Another great cause of their destruction was the small - pox , the Europeans brought this distemper among them . Now ...
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