Adventures and Achievements of Americans: A Series of Narratives Illustrating Their Heroism, Self-reliance, Genius and EnterpriseGeo. F. Tuttle, 1858 - 732 páginas |
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... person Hale was rather tall , being five feet ten inches in height , and though slender was gracefully formed ; his frame was elastic and wiry , as was shown by his extraordinary feats of agility ; his chest was broad , his face full ...
... person Hale was rather tall , being five feet ten inches in height , and though slender was gracefully formed ; his frame was elastic and wiry , as was shown by his extraordinary feats of agility ; his chest was broad , his face full ...
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... person , upon the points on which he was to obtain information . The plan was for him to cross over the Sound and land on Long Island , of which the enemy had then full pos- session . Numerous difficulties were to be overcome at the ...
... person , upon the points on which he was to obtain information . The plan was for him to cross over the Sound and land on Long Island , of which the enemy had then full pos- session . Numerous difficulties were to be overcome at the ...
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... persons - the clasticity of their limbs , and their motions free and unconstrained . " I have seen them often , " he continued , " standing in the very attitude of this Apollo , and pursuing with an intense eye the arrow which they had ...
... persons - the clasticity of their limbs , and their motions free and unconstrained . " I have seen them often , " he continued , " standing in the very attitude of this Apollo , and pursuing with an intense eye the arrow which they had ...
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... person above the middle size , of a fair complex- ion , and firmly and compactly built . His serene brow betokened command of temper , while his eyes , sparkling and vivacious , promised lively remarks and pointed sayings , in which he ...
... person above the middle size , of a fair complex- ion , and firmly and compactly built . His serene brow betokened command of temper , while his eyes , sparkling and vivacious , promised lively remarks and pointed sayings , in which he ...
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... person ; and that moment , when by his unfortunate death , the plan of attack was entirely disconcerted , and the consequent retreat of his column decided at once the fate of the place , and of such of the assailants as had already ...
... person ; and that moment , when by his unfortunate death , the plan of attack was entirely disconcerted , and the consequent retreat of his column decided at once the fate of the place , and of such of the assailants as had already ...
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Adventures and Achievements of Americans: A Series of Narratives ... Henry Howe Visualização completa - 1861 |
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