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One side at least was generally formed by the backs of the cabins themselves ,
all standing in a row ; and there was a great door or gate , that could be strongly
barred in case of need . Often no iron whatever was employed in any of the ...
One side at least was generally formed by the backs of the cabins themselves ,
all standing in a row ; and there was a great door or gate , that could be strongly
barred in case of need . Often no iron whatever was employed in any of the ...
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The floor was made of puncheons , great slabs of wood hewed carefully out , and
the roof of clapboards . Pegs of wood were thrust into the sides of the house , to
serve instead of a wardrobe ; and buck antlers , thrust into joists , held the ever ...
The floor was made of puncheons , great slabs of wood hewed carefully out , and
the roof of clapboards . Pegs of wood were thrust into the sides of the house , to
serve instead of a wardrobe ; and buck antlers , thrust into joists , held the ever ...
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On the higher peaks and ridge - crests of the mountains there were straggling
birches and pines , hemlocks and balsam firs ; elsewhere , oaks , chestnuts ,
hickories , maples , beeches , walnuts , and great tulip trees grew side by side
with ...
On the higher peaks and ridge - crests of the mountains there were straggling
birches and pines , hemlocks and balsam firs ; elsewhere , oaks , chestnuts ,
hickories , maples , beeches , walnuts , and great tulip trees grew side by side
with ...
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... rustling leaves , or away from the river where the sunny prairies stretched into
seas of brown grass , or where groups of rugged hills stood , fantastic in color
and outline , and with stunted pines growing on the sides of their steep ravines .
... rustling leaves , or away from the river where the sunny prairies stretched into
seas of brown grass , or where groups of rugged hills stood , fantastic in color
and outline , and with stunted pines growing on the sides of their steep ravines .
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... difference in character on the right side is as great as the difference of 1
Address at the Quarter - Centennial Celebration of Statehood in Colorado , at
Colorado Springs , August 2 , 1901. From The Strenuous Life . Second
augmented edition ...
... difference in character on the right side is as great as the difference of 1
Address at the Quarter - Centennial Celebration of Statehood in Colorado , at
Colorado Springs , August 2 , 1901. From The Strenuous Life . Second
augmented edition ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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