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... John Smith , Jr. , scorning the hard - won acres wrested by his father from a stony soil and proposing to turn his back on all that was safe and sane and respectable for a wilderness filled with Indians on the fresh - water lakes , and ...
... John Smith , Jr. , scorning the hard - won acres wrested by his father from a stony soil and proposing to turn his back on all that was safe and sane and respectable for a wilderness filled with Indians on the fresh - water lakes , and ...
Page 267
... John Smith , 3rd , lost his Terry clock crossing the swollen waters of the Mississippi . John Smith , 4th , had no clock , no desk , and no Boston rocker when he left home for a land still closer to the setting sun . He had been down at ...
... John Smith , 3rd , lost his Terry clock crossing the swollen waters of the Mississippi . John Smith , 4th , had no clock , no desk , and no Boston rocker when he left home for a land still closer to the setting sun . He had been down at ...
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... John Muir wrote of the familiar or of the majestic and awe- some aspects of nature ? 2. When and where did this wind - storm occur ? What trees did the author mention ? What are sequoias ? What is a coniferous tree ? How do the ...
... John Muir wrote of the familiar or of the majestic and awe- some aspects of nature ? 2. When and where did this wind - storm occur ? What trees did the author mention ? What are sequoias ? What is a coniferous tree ? How do the ...
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