 The stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the western forests, approached the gigantic. His chest was broad and prominent; his muscular powers displayed themselves in every limb ; his countenance gave indication of his great courage, enterprise,...  The Adventures of Daniel Boone: The Kentucky Riflemanefter Philip (Uncle) - 1844 - 174 sidorFragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1853 - 734 sidor
...pursuit of science, fell in with him, and has left a most interesting account of their interview. " The stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the western forests," he sa} r s, "approached the gigantic. His chest was broad and prominent; his muscular powers displayed... | |
 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1855 - 738 sidor
...pursuit of science, fell in with him, and has left a most interesting account of their interview. " The stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the western forests," he says, "approached the gigantic. His chest was broad and prominent; his muscular powers displayed... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1865 - 402 sidor
...from a shooting, excursion, in the course of which his extraordinary skill in the management of the rifle had been fully displayed. On retiring to the...that remarkable individual and myself for the night, 1 felt anxious to know more of his exploits and adventures than I did, and accordingly took the liberty... | |
 | 1875 - 806 sidor
...returned from a shooting excursion, in the course of which his extraordinary skill in the use of the rifle had been fully displayed. On retiring to the...appropriated to that remarkable individual and myself, I felt anxious to know more of his exploits and adventures than I • fid, and accordingly took the... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1884 - 316 sidor
...from a shooting excursion, in the course of which his extraordinary skill in the management of the rifle had been fully displayed. On retiring to the...appropriated to that remarkable individual and myself, I felt anxious to know more of his exploits and adventures than I did, and accordingly took the liberty... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1897 - 618 sidor
...from a shooting excursion, in the course of which his extraordinary skill in the management of the rifle had been fully displayed. On retiring to the...individual and myself for the night, I felt anxious to kjiow more of his exploits and adventures than I did, and accordingly took the liberty of proposing... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1898 - 354 sidor
...hunting expeditions. Audubon, the famous ornithologist, met him in one of these forays, and thus pictures him : " The stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the Western forests," he says, " approached the gigantic. TTia chest was broad and prominent ; his muscular powers displayed... | |
 | 1898 - 812 sidor
...joined his son Daniel near where St. Louis now stands. He seems to have been happy in his new home. The stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the western forests at this time approached the gigantic ; his chest was broad and prominent; his muscular powers displayed... | |
 | Abbie Johnston Grosvenor - 1917 - 274 sidor
...returned from a shooting excursion, in the course of which his extraordinary skill in the use of the rifle had been fully displayed. On retiring to the...appropriated to that remarkable individual and myself, I felt anxious to know more of his exploits and adventures than I did, and accordingly took the liberty... | |
 | Constance Lindsay Skinner - 1919 - 356 sidor
...Boone in his old age have left us brief accounts of their impressions. Among these was Audubon . " The stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the western forests," the naturalist wrote, "approached the gigantic. His chest was broad, and prominent; his muscular powers... | |
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