The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 1889 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 29
... probably never wasted a thought . Tra- falgar decided much more than the mere question whether Great Britain should temporarily share the fate that so soon befell Prussia ; for in all probabil- ity it decided the destiny of the island ...
... probably never wasted a thought . Tra- falgar decided much more than the mere question whether Great Britain should temporarily share the fate that so soon befell Prussia ; for in all probabil- ity it decided the destiny of the island ...
Page 32
... Probably an estimate of half a million for those within the limits of the present United States is not far wrong ; but in any such calculation there is of necessity a large element of mere rough guess - work . Formerly writers greatly ...
... Probably an estimate of half a million for those within the limits of the present United States is not far wrong ; but in any such calculation there is of necessity a large element of mere rough guess - work . Formerly writers greatly ...
Page 35
... probably as great in one case as in the other . The modern Englishman is de- scended from a Low - Dutch stock , which , when it went to Britain , received into itself an enormous in- fusion of Celtic , a much smaller infusion of Norse ...
... probably as great in one case as in the other . The modern Englishman is de- scended from a Low - Dutch stock , which , when it went to Britain , received into itself an enormous in- fusion of Celtic , a much smaller infusion of Norse ...
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... probably better known than is that of George Rogers Clark ; yet their deeds , as regards their effects , could no more be compared to his , than his could be compared to Washington's . So it was with Houston . During his lifetime there ...
... probably better known than is that of George Rogers Clark ; yet their deeds , as regards their effects , could no more be compared to his , than his could be compared to Washington's . So it was with Houston . During his lifetime there ...
Page 39
... probably never have had any North- west to settle ; and the huge tract between the upper Mississippi and the Columbia , then called Upper Louisiana , fell into our hands , only because the Kentuckians and Tennesseeans were resolutely ...
... probably never have had any North- west to settle ; and the huge tract between the upper Mississippi and the Columbia , then called Upper Louisiana , fell into our hands , only because the Kentuckians and Tennesseeans were resolutely ...
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