 ... the trappers, in their seasons of idleness and relaxation, require a degree of license and indulgence, to repay them for the long privations and almost incredible hardships of their periods of active service. In the midst of all this feasting and...  The Works of Washington Irving ... - Seite 405von Washington Irving - 1861Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...these game birds were received by those of their feather in the THE TWO DASHING FREE TRAPPERS. 405 camp ; what feasting, what revelling, what boasting,...man. And then the indulgence with which he treats her^the finery in which he decks her out, the state in which she moves, the sway she enjoys over both... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1852 - 446 Seiten
...maintained always a certain degree of law and order in his camp, and checked each fierce excess : i. it the trappers, in their seasons of idleness and relaxation,...treats her, the finery in which he decks her out, the Btate in which she moves, the sway she enjoys over both his purse and person, instead of being the... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1855 - 424 Seiten
...read, with the North American tribes. " The free trapper combines in the eye of an Indian (American) girl, all that is dashing and heroic, in a warrior...all that is gallant and glorious in the white man." There is but one cause for this phenomenon ; the " imbelles Indi " are still, with few exceptions*,... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1857 - 458 Seiten
...spirits (metaphorically and literally) failed him; he had not the heart to drink, he sickened and died. and heroic, in a warrior of her own race, whose gait...all that is gallant and glorious in the white man." There is but one cause for this phenomenon ; the " imbelles Indi " are still, with few exceptions*,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 520 Seiten
...these game birds were received by those of their feather in the camp ; what feasting, what reveling, what boasting, what bragging, what ranting and roaring,...she moves, the sway she enjoys over both his purse mid person, instead of being the drudge and slave of nn Indian husband ; obliged to carry his pack,... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - 1879 - 576 Seiten
...White Plume," the North American Indian. "Tbe free trapper combines in the eye of an Indian (American) girl, all that is dashing and heroic, in a warrior...all that is gallant and glorious in the white man." There is but one cause for this phenomenon : the imbelle» Indi are still, with few exceptions, a cowardly... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1893 - 504 Seiten
..."White Plume," the North American Indian. " The free trapper combines in the eye of an Indian (American) girl, all that is dashing and heroic in a warrior...all that is gallant and glorious in the white man." There is but one cause for this phenomenon ; the " imbelles Indi " are still, with few exceptions,1... | |
 | Richard F. Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1994 - 490 Seiten
..."White Plume," the North American Indian. " The free trapper combines in the eye of an Indian (American) girl, all that is dashing and heroic in a warrior...all that is gallant and glorious in the white man." There is but one cause for this phenomenon ; the " imbelles Indi " are still, with few exceptions,1... | |
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