 I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a man's eyes apart ; and the ground around was broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon...  Life of Andrew Jackson - Page 246by James Parton - 1860 - 734 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Davy Crockett - 1834 - 442 pages
...to the ground from which he had risen, and there was the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it. As I resumed my journey I laughed outright at this adventure, for it reminded me of Andrew 4 Jackson's... | |
 | 1837 - 656 pages
...the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it." Not long afterwards the Colonel falls in with an old gentleman, who drove a sulky, part of his luggage... | |
 | Richard Penn Smith, Davy Crockett - 1845 - 228 pages
...to the ground from which he had risen, and there was the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it. As I resumed my journey I laughed outright at this adventure, for• it reminded me of Andrew Jackson's... | |
 | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - 1850 - 238 pages
...the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. HALL THE DANCE. A PERSONAL ADVENTURE OF THE AUTHOR. SOME years ago I was called by business to one... | |
 | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - 1851 - 250 pages
...the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a man's eyes apart ; and the ground around was broker. up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. HALL ' THE DANCE. A PERSONAL ADVENTURE OF THE... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1852 - 350 pages
...to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it. XII. TAKING THE CENSUS. OUR next encounter was with an old lady, notorious in her neighbourhood for... | |
 | American humour - 1852 - 346 pages
...to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it. XII. TAKING THE CENSUS. OUR next encounter was with an old lady, notorious in her neighbourhood for... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a...broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. BENJAMIN F. FRENCH. BENJAMIN F. FKKXUII was bora in Virginia, June 8, 1799. After receiving a classical... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a man's eyes apart ; and the ground around wiia broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it BENJAMIN F. FRENCH. BEXJAMIS F. FKEXCII wns... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...from which he had risen, nrul there were the prints of his two thumbs, I .In i" •• i up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a man's eyes apart ; nnd the ground around was broken up as if two stags had been enguged upon it. BENJAMIN F. FRENCH.... | |
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