A Journey Through Texas: Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern FrontierDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 |
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... live in far less comfort than the Iowan , because of the want of local shops and efficient systems of public conveyance which cheapen the essentials of comfort for the latter . You will , perhaps , say that I neglect to pay the Iowan ...
... live in far less comfort than the Iowan , because of the want of local shops and efficient systems of public conveyance which cheapen the essentials of comfort for the latter . You will , perhaps , say that I neglect to pay the Iowan ...
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... lives , than they would have done but for this your policy of extending slavery over Texas , and thereby permanently * Of this class , frequent notes on live stock will be found in the volume . The exception which Kentucky offers to all ...
... lives , than they would have done but for this your policy of extending slavery over Texas , and thereby permanently * Of this class , frequent notes on live stock will be found in the volume . The exception which Kentucky offers to all ...
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... Live Freight , 34 ; Nashville , 35 ; Return to the Ohio ; The " Sultana , " 37 ; The Mississippi , 38 . CHAPTER II . ROUTE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS . Routes into Texas , 43 ; Red River , 44 ; Our Mount , 45 ; A Red River Planta- tion , 46 ...
... Live Freight , 34 ; Nashville , 35 ; Return to the Ohio ; The " Sultana , " 37 ; The Mississippi , 38 . CHAPTER II . ROUTE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS . Routes into Texas , 43 ; Red River , 44 ; Our Mount , 45 ; A Red River Planta- tion , 46 ...
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... LIVE FREIGHT . One evening we were hailed in the darkness to come in and take some freight aboard . It proved to be a negro woman which her master wished to send to Nashville . Putting her on board , he demanded a bill of lading . The ...
... LIVE FREIGHT . One evening we were hailed in the darkness to come in and take some freight aboard . It proved to be a negro woman which her master wished to send to Nashville . Putting her on board , he demanded a bill of lading . The ...
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... live oak and the palmetto along the shore , preluding but little the roses , jes- samines , and golden oranges , the waving brightness of the cane- fields , and the drifting clouds from the sugar works . Human life along the Mississippi ...
... live oak and the palmetto along the shore , preluding but little the roses , jes- samines , and golden oranges , the waving brightness of the cane- fields , and the drifting clouds from the sugar works . Human life along the Mississippi ...
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Strana 398 - Laughed in the nickering light, and the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine." The tall, elderly, busy housewife bustled about with preparations for supper, while we learned that they had been settled here forty years, and had never had reason to regret their emigration. The old man had
Strana 492 - 12. No person, for the same offense, shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall a person be again put upon trial for the same offense, after a verdict of not guilty; and the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate. SEC. 13. Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful