The North American Review, Volume 35O. Everett, 1832 - North American review and miscellaneous journal Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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explorers of Kentucky . His well merited fame , as an adven- turous traveller or discoverer , will not be impaired in the estimation of those who candidly investigate his claims , by either antedating or advancing a few years the period ...
explorers of Kentucky . His well merited fame , as an adven- turous traveller or discoverer , will not be impaired in the estimation of those who candidly investigate his claims , by either antedating or advancing a few years the period ...
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... travellers were discouraged by the difficulties to which they were subjected , and were all dispersed or killed by the Indians , with the exception of Boone , who , having protracted his resi- dence in the country until 1771 , at that ...
... travellers were discouraged by the difficulties to which they were subjected , and were all dispersed or killed by the Indians , with the exception of Boone , who , having protracted his resi- dence in the country until 1771 , at that ...
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... travellers . The greater part of the towns and people described by Ebn - ed - din are imperfectly known , and some of them have never been mentioned by any European trav- eller or geographer . Leo Africanus himself has not noticed them ...
... travellers . The greater part of the towns and people described by Ebn - ed - din are imperfectly known , and some of them have never been mentioned by any European trav- eller or geographer . Leo Africanus himself has not noticed them ...
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... traveller commences his narrative by a description of Eghwaat , the place of his residence . After briefly noticing this and several other cities in the neighborhood , he proceeds to give an account of some of those in the oasis of Tuat ...
... traveller commences his narrative by a description of Eghwaat , the place of his residence . After briefly noticing this and several other cities in the neighborhood , he proceeds to give an account of some of those in the oasis of Tuat ...
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... travellers , particularly Horne- man and Major Denham . It is remarkable , that while the Tuarycks and Mezzabies are ... traveller , is thus described by our author . ' Timeemoun is a large town but has no walls like those for defence ...
... travellers , particularly Horne- man and Major Denham . It is remarkable , that while the Tuarycks and Mezzabies are ... traveller , is thus described by our author . ' Timeemoun is a large town but has no walls like those for defence ...
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