American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... miles of the city , will gladly take refuge under our more stable institutions from the constant succession of civil wars to which that country seems to be destined . The feeling is becoming a pretty general one amongst the enlightened ...
... miles of the city , will gladly take refuge under our more stable institutions from the constant succession of civil wars to which that country seems to be destined . The feeling is becoming a pretty general one amongst the enlightened ...
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... miles in rear of the encampment . The selection of his position was necessarily confided to the judgment of the general in command . The Mexican forces at Matamoras assumed a belligerent attitude , and on the 12th of April General ...
... miles in rear of the encampment . The selection of his position was necessarily confided to the judgment of the general in command . The Mexican forces at Matamoras assumed a belligerent attitude , and on the 12th of April General ...
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... mile placed us upon the great thoroughfare of the gold seekers . For miles , to the extent of vision , an animated mass of beings broke upon our view . Long trains of wagons with their white covers were moving slowly along , a multitude ...
... mile placed us upon the great thoroughfare of the gold seekers . For miles , to the extent of vision , an animated mass of beings broke upon our view . Long trains of wagons with their white covers were moving slowly along , a multitude ...
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... miles , had to be crossed . In our worn - out condi- tion this looked discouraging , and it was with a kind of dread that we looked to the passage of that sandy plain . At the same time an indefi- nite tale was circulated among the ...
... miles , had to be crossed . In our worn - out condi- tion this looked discouraging , and it was with a kind of dread that we looked to the passage of that sandy plain . At the same time an indefi- nite tale was circulated among the ...
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... miles ; and ten miles this side the plains was flat , composed of baked earth , without a sign of vegetation , and in many places covered with incrustations of salt . Pits had been sunk in moist places , but the water was salt as brine ...
... miles ; and ten miles this side the plains was flat , composed of baked earth , without a sign of vegetation , and in many places covered with incrustations of salt . Pits had been sunk in moist places , but the water was salt as brine ...
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