Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1994 - Mississippi River Valley |
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Page 69
... facts . I ask you , could you dream of coming to this coun- try , from so gloomy yet so true a repre- sentation of it ? Though many of these facts do not operate against this town and its neighbourhood , still there are enough to deter ...
... facts . I ask you , could you dream of coming to this coun- try , from so gloomy yet so true a repre- sentation of it ? Though many of these facts do not operate against this town and its neighbourhood , still there are enough to deter ...
Page 137
... fact . I say the fact , because in my correspondence with you , you may have already per- ceived my determination of making no general assertion but such as I can establish by actual evidence and decisive testimonics . I know of no ...
... fact . I say the fact , because in my correspondence with you , you may have already per- ceived my determination of making no general assertion but such as I can establish by actual evidence and decisive testimonics . I know of no ...
Page 304
... fact , and though that fact might be disguised by embellishment , and strained by fancy , its immutability remains in- violate and continues for ever the same . I am strengthened in these opinions , by the following anecdote which ...
... fact , and though that fact might be disguised by embellishment , and strained by fancy , its immutability remains in- violate and continues for ever the same . I am strengthened in these opinions , by the following anecdote which ...
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