The Pathfinder or, the Inland seaAegitas, 19. 8. 2016 - Počet stran: 415 The plan of this tale suggested itself to the writer many years since, though the details are altogether of recent invention. The idea of associating seamen and savages in incidents that might be supposed characteristic of the Great Lakes having been mentioned to a Publisher, the latter obtained something like a pledge from the Author to carry out the design at some future day, which pledge is now tardily and imperfectly redeemed. |
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... woods. Philosophy has not yet determined the nature of the power that so often lays desolate spots of this description; some ascribing it to the whirlwinds which produce waterspouts on the ocean, while others again impute it to sudden ...
... woods. Philosophy has not yet determined the nature of the power that so often lays desolate spots of this description; some ascribing it to the whirlwinds which produce waterspouts on the ocean, while others again impute it to sudden ...
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... wood" than with her uncle's arguments; "yonder is a smoke curling over the tops of the trees—can it come from a house?" "Ay, ay; there is a look of humanity in that smoke," returned the old seaman, "which is worth a thousand trees. I ...
... wood" than with her uncle's arguments; "yonder is a smoke curling over the tops of the trees—can it come from a house?" "Ay, ay; there is a look of humanity in that smoke," returned the old seaman, "which is worth a thousand trees. I ...
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... wood," returned the warrior, with the calmness with which the pedagogue might point out an arithmetical demonstration to his puzzled pupil. "Much wet—much smoke; much water—black smoke." "But, begging your pardon, Master Arrowhead, the ...
... wood," returned the warrior, with the calmness with which the pedagogue might point out an arithmetical demonstration to his puzzled pupil. "Much wet—much smoke; much water—black smoke." "But, begging your pardon, Master Arrowhead, the ...
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... woods. A few glances of the eye sufficed for Arrowhead; but old Cap deliberately set the smoke by a pocketcompass, before he trusted himself within the shadows of the trees. "This steering by the nose, Magnet, may do well enough for an ...
... woods. A few glances of the eye sufficed for Arrowhead; but old Cap deliberately set the smoke by a pocketcompass, before he trusted himself within the shadows of the trees. "This steering by the nose, Magnet, may do well enough for an ...
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... woods, no one will know it. If you think, Mabel—" "Uncle, I know. There is no cause to fear for me; and you are always nigh to protect me." "Well, take one of the pistols, then—" "Nay, I had better rely on my youth and feebleness," said ...
... woods, no one will know it. If you think, Mabel—" "Uncle, I know. There is no cause to fear for me; and you are always nigh to protect me." "Well, take one of the pistols, then—" "Nay, I had better rely on my youth and feebleness," said ...
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