The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... course thickest , and their peculiarities least . Here and there at such points they built small backwoods burgs or towns , rude , straggling , unkempt villages , with a store or two , a tavern- sometimes good , often a " scandalous hog ...
... course thickest , and their peculiarities least . Here and there at such points they built small backwoods burgs or towns , rude , straggling , unkempt villages , with a store or two , a tavern- sometimes good , often a " scandalous hog ...
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... need . Often no iron whatever was employed in any of the buildings . The square inside contained the provision sheds and frequently a strong central blockhouse as well . These forts , of course , could not stand against THE BACKGROUND.
... need . Often no iron whatever was employed in any of the buildings . The square inside contained the provision sheds and frequently a strong central blockhouse as well . These forts , of course , could not stand against THE BACKGROUND.
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... course , could not stand against cannon , and they were always in danger when attacked with fire ; but save for this risk of burning they were very effectual defenses against men without artillery , and were rarely taken , whether by ...
... course , could not stand against cannon , and they were always in danger when attacked with fire ; but save for this risk of burning they were very effectual defenses against men without artillery , and were rarely taken , whether by ...
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... courses , especially the former . The buildings of each farm were usually at its lowest point , as if in the center of an amphitheater . Each was on an average of about 400 acres , but sometimes more . Tracts of low , swampy grounds ...
... courses , especially the former . The buildings of each farm were usually at its lowest point , as if in the center of an amphitheater . Each was on an average of about 400 acres , but sometimes more . Tracts of low , swampy grounds ...
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... course , believing in witch- craft , and signs and omens ; and it may be noted that their superstition showed a singular mixture of old- world survivals and of practices borrowed from the sav- ages or evolved by the very force of their ...
... course , believing in witch- craft , and signs and omens ; and it may be noted that their superstition showed a singular mixture of old- world survivals and of practices borrowed from the sav- ages or evolved by the very force of their ...
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