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Page iii
... wilds , In quest of prey , and with th ' unfashion'd fur Rough clad . THOMSON . IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . 335 . Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons , 75 , 1837 . NICK OF THE WOODS ;
... wilds , In quest of prey , and with th ' unfashion'd fur Rough clad . THOMSON . IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . 335 . Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons , 75 , 1837 . NICK OF THE WOODS ;
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... wild passion , as common on the American frontier as in the poet's closet , - To roam for food , and be a naked man , And wander up and down at liberty , - and the fierce strife of those who followed in his paths , with the lords of the ...
... wild passion , as common on the American frontier as in the poet's closet , - To roam for food , and be a naked man , And wander up and down at liberty , - and the fierce strife of those who followed in his paths , with the lords of the ...
Page xi
... Stackpole . But that , we beg the reader to understand , is no por- trait drawn from imagination . The history of this wild scape - gallows , his prowess in the pin- fold and the battle - field , his adventure on PREFACE . xi.
... Stackpole . But that , we beg the reader to understand , is no por- trait drawn from imagination . The history of this wild scape - gallows , his prowess in the pin- fold and the battle - field , his adventure on PREFACE . xi.
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... wild beauty and unexampled ferti- lity of the country , to excuse the rapture of the hunter , and to warrant high expecta- tions on the part of the eastern emigrants , to whom he had opened a path through the wilderness , which they ...
... wild beauty and unexampled ferti- lity of the country , to excuse the rapture of the hunter , and to warrant high expecta- tions on the part of the eastern emigrants , to whom he had opened a path through the wilderness , which they ...
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... wild , singular , and striking . The tall and robust frames of the men , wrapped in blanket - coats and hunting - frocks , -some of which , where the wearers were young and of gallant tempers , were profusely decked with fringes . of ...
... wild , singular , and striking . The tall and robust frames of the men , wrapped in blanket - coats and hunting - frocks , -some of which , where the wearers were young and of gallant tempers , were profusely decked with fringes . of ...
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