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Strana 30
I have travelled through several of the states , and never witnessed any thing equal to this natural excellence . They likewise surpass in personal beauty ; they are handsome fine looking men , very much in appearance like the ...
I have travelled through several of the states , and never witnessed any thing equal to this natural excellence . They likewise surpass in personal beauty ; they are handsome fine looking men , very much in appearance like the ...
Strana 73
The people of these counties are remarkable for moral and inoffensive manners : there does not exist a country , which embraces an equal extent , in which fewer crimes are committed . Murder is almost unknown ; but two instances of ...
The people of these counties are remarkable for moral and inoffensive manners : there does not exist a country , which embraces an equal extent , in which fewer crimes are committed . Murder is almost unknown ; but two instances of ...
Strana 77
This pipe - stem is a curiosity ; it grows to the height of from three to five feet , straight as an arrow , of equal size from top to bottom , and perfectly free from branch or prodegen- tuberance . It is without leaves , excepting ...
This pipe - stem is a curiosity ; it grows to the height of from three to five feet , straight as an arrow , of equal size from top to bottom , and perfectly free from branch or prodegen- tuberance . It is without leaves , excepting ...
Strana 78
In Greenbriar county , there is a natural bridge over a creek sixty feet wide ; it is said to be from 180 to 200 feet perpendicular , which nearly equals the height of the natural bridge in Rockbridge county this bridge is about twenty ...
In Greenbriar county , there is a natural bridge over a creek sixty feet wide ; it is said to be from 180 to 200 feet perpendicular , which nearly equals the height of the natural bridge in Rockbridge county this bridge is about twenty ...
Strana 85
But what puzzles the fancy to delusion , is the seeming uniformity both in height and distance of the intervening mountain , which appears like so many steps of equal distances one from the other , while it is evident they are not .
But what puzzles the fancy to delusion , is the seeming uniformity both in height and distance of the intervening mountain , which appears like so many steps of equal distances one from the other , while it is evident they are not .
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Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the United States Anne Newport Royall Úplné zobrazení - 1826 |
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Bibliografické údaje
| Název | Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the United States Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks Travels in the Old South Iii – Svazek 98 |
| Autor | Anne Newport Royall |
| Vydání | dotisk |
| Vydavatel | author, 1826 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Kalifornská univerzita v Berkeley |
| Digitalizováno | 12. listopad 2014 |
| ISBN | 0608403237, 9780608403236 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 392 |
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