The History of Kentucky: Exhibiting an Account of the Modern Discovery; Settlement; Progressive Improvement; Civil and Military Transactions; and the Present State of the Country ... |
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That history has not been more beneficial to mankind , than there is reason to conclude , from the state of the public mind , it has been , is not merely be- cause men seldom profit by the experience of others but also , because , from ...
That history has not been more beneficial to mankind , than there is reason to conclude , from the state of the public mind , it has been , is not merely be- cause men seldom profit by the experience of others but also , because , from ...
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Reasons analagous to those expressed , exist in every popular government , against writing a history of the last half century - being the period which mine embraces . A large number of the individuals who figured in the scenes described ...
Reasons analagous to those expressed , exist in every popular government , against writing a history of the last half century - being the period which mine embraces . A large number of the individuals who figured in the scenes described ...
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And this had been a powerful reason for not exploring the regions west of the great mountain , which concealed Kentucky , from their sight . The tradition of McBride's having cut his name on a beech tree at the mouth of the Kentucky ...
And this had been a powerful reason for not exploring the regions west of the great mountain , which concealed Kentucky , from their sight . The tradition of McBride's having cut his name on a beech tree at the mouth of the Kentucky ...
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Otherwise , from the spirit - intelligence- and enterprise of Captain Bullett , there is reason to infer that he would have been one among the first settlers , and the dis tinguished leader of that description of men .
Otherwise , from the spirit - intelligence- and enterprise of Captain Bullett , there is reason to infer that he would have been one among the first settlers , and the dis tinguished leader of that description of men .
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The Indians , aware of the intelligence which would of course be given to the garrison , by the man who had escaped them , or for some superstitious reason , seemed to check their march . They were looked for , but did not appear ...
The Indians , aware of the intelligence which would of course be given to the garrison , by the man who had escaped them , or for some superstitious reason , seemed to check their march . They were looked for , but did not appear ...
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