The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 35
... shore , with the papers of the vessel , invoices , letters , and newspapers . On our landing , an American gentleman came up to speak to us , but was prevented by the officer , who hurried us through the streets , and would permit no ...
... shore , with the papers of the vessel , invoices , letters , and newspapers . On our landing , an American gentleman came up to speak to us , but was prevented by the officer , who hurried us through the streets , and would permit no ...
Page 51
... shore , will , in a few seconds , bring 20 or 30 alligators to the surface . On a deer taking the river , the alli- gators have been known to allow him to pass unmolested ; but to seize every dog that followed . Some of these , after ...
... shore , will , in a few seconds , bring 20 or 30 alligators to the surface . On a deer taking the river , the alli- gators have been known to allow him to pass unmolested ; but to seize every dog that followed . Some of these , after ...
Page 52
... shore with very little exertion , to the great diversion of the company . But the most singular mode of taking and destroying this formidable animal , and which may be depended on as fact , is as follows : In the month of February ...
... shore with very little exertion , to the great diversion of the company . But the most singular mode of taking and destroying this formidable animal , and which may be depended on as fact , is as follows : In the month of February ...
Page 53
... shore in dragging the monster , struggling , floun- cing , and plunging , to dry land , where with clubs , pitchforks , & c . they torment him awhile , and then put him to death . All these means , how- ever , have availed little to ...
... shore in dragging the monster , struggling , floun- cing , and plunging , to dry land , where with clubs , pitchforks , & c . they torment him awhile , and then put him to death . All these means , how- ever , have availed little to ...
Page 72
... Nothing could be more evident to the eye - the shores , the waters , studded with numerous islands , seemed to disappear as if by enchantment . Invites to sit looks round with watchful eyes , And 772 ORIGINAL POETRY .
... Nothing could be more evident to the eye - the shores , the waters , studded with numerous islands , seemed to disappear as if by enchantment . Invites to sit looks round with watchful eyes , And 772 ORIGINAL POETRY .
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