A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier: With a Statistical AppendixDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 Excerpt from A Journey Through Texas; Or a Saddle-Trip on the South-Western Frontier: With a Statistical Appendix At the same time, I do not desire to engage in it, as I hardly need assure you, in a spirit at all inconsistent with a desirable friendship. Rather, in explaining the significance which, in my own mind, attaches to my narrative of facts, relative to the question upon which we have the misfortune to be divided in judgment, I shall hope 'to lessen. Instead of aggravating, the causes of our difference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... four hundred United States troops listening to the shrieks of fleeing women , and looking on in indo- lence . This has passed without rebuke ; apparently with entire public and offi- cial indifference . It was looked upon as one of the ...
... four years , will have enjoyed advan- tages , in these respects , superior to their predecessors . The effect of railroads , and cheaper postage - significantly resisted by those who are most violent partisans of the extension of ...
... four hours before sunrise , and ended beyond midnight , after ten hours ' waiting on steamboat promises , are not conducive to the most cheering 4 A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS . fairly quakes, spite of reason, to intrude, ...
... four feet high , and some three by six feet apart . What a pity the more graceful Italian mode of swinging long vine - branches from tree to tree , could not be adopted . But profit and beauty are , as often , here again at war . The ...
... four miles , during a high opposition , in seven hours , including all stops . This route is now done by railway , with great gain , no doubt , but also with what a loss ! This free canter over the hills , exchanged for a sultry drag ...