Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett of West Tennessee ...Harper & Brothers, 1837 - 209 pages The 10th edition of this "Spurious biography, not authorized by Crockett; attributed to James S. French"--Howes (Howes C898) (as cited by vendor). The first edtion appeared in 1833, Crockett responded with a 211 page book in 1834, A narrative of the life of David Crockett / written by himself. Philadelphia, E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1834. Written to correct erroneous impressions produced by an unknown writer's "Sketches and eccentricities of Col. David Crockett," pub. in 1833. cf. Pref. But new edtions of this book continued, this 10th being published in 1837 only four years after the first |
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Page 48 - Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that ; For a
Page 44 - Rather stand it like a man and be consoled, not by the trite adage that " there are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught...
Page 164 - I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping-turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust; can whip my weight in wild-cats — and if any gentleman pleases, for a ten-dollar bill, he may throw in a panther — hug a bear too close for comfort, and eat any man opposed to Jackson.
Page 155 - Still asking permission, yet having it denied, Slim is seen bustling about the room, until, at the end of the dialogue, his wooden clock having encroached upon the dominions of an old family time-piece, is seen suspended with all the beauty, yet bold effrontery, of a yankee notion...
Page 155 - And, as a wall before some well-directed battery, his resolution grows weak — for a moment totters — then falls, leaving a clear breach. Through this the pedler enters ; and having disposed of two tortoise shell combs, and a. little double refined jewelry, the women retire from the field of action, and the pedler, taking advantage of the prostrate condition of his adversary, again reiterates the defects in his clock, and concludes with, " Now let me sell you one cheap.
Page 152 - So that, after passing through a neighbourhood, he was perfectly familiar with the pecuniary concerns of every man in it. The sun was getting low, when Slim, who was travelling the high road, with a perfect knowledge that there was a tavern about a mile ahead of him, left it to seek a cabin, which, with a modest but retiring aspect, showed itself in the woods at some short distance. The smoke floating off from a dirt chimney, was mingling with the blue ether; and the children with loud, laughing...