A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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... hills , and show little of the taste their picturesque situations suggest . There is a certain dinginess and a slow , fixed , finished look arising from absence of new constructions , that remind you , especially in the dim light of a ...
... hills , and show little of the taste their picturesque situations suggest . There is a certain dinginess and a slow , fixed , finished look arising from absence of new constructions , that remind you , especially in the dim light of a ...
Strana 5
... hills and ranges bluff frequently in bold wooded or rocky masses upon the river , terminating by abrupt turns the stately vistas of the longer reaches . For a first day , the rafts , " the flats , " all the varieties of human river ...
... hills and ranges bluff frequently in bold wooded or rocky masses upon the river , terminating by abrupt turns the stately vistas of the longer reaches . For a first day , the rafts , " the flats , " all the varieties of human river ...
Strana 6
... hill - slopes at the river's edge , and near the city cover nearly the whole ground that can be seen under cultivation . They are grown as on the Rhine , attached to small stakes three or four feet high , and some three by six feet ...
... hill - slopes at the river's edge , and near the city cover nearly the whole ground that can be seen under cultivation . They are grown as on the Rhine , attached to small stakes three or four feet high , and some three by six feet ...
Strana 7
... hills that border the north side of the river , and by the concentration of human life and motion along the bank . But a moment after these indica- tions attract your attention , the steamer rounds with a great sweep to the levee , and ...
... hills that border the north side of the river , and by the concentration of human life and motion along the bank . But a moment after these indica- tions attract your attention , the steamer rounds with a great sweep to the levee , and ...
Strana 11
... hills , exchanged for a sultry drag along the easiest grade . Where will our children find their enjoyment when everything gets itself done by steam ? PORK ON FOOT . Our progress was much impeded by droves of hogs , grunting their ...
... hills , exchanged for a sultry drag along the easiest grade . Where will our children find their enjoyment when everything gets itself done by steam ? PORK ON FOOT . Our progress was much impeded by droves of hogs , grunting their ...
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