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Excerpt from Perilous Adventures: Or, Remarkable Instances of Courage, Perseverance, and Suffering
The design pf this work is to present to the reader such instances of courage, constancy, and perseverance, under circumstances the most peril s; rous and appalling, as will most conspicuously show the power of the human mind to triumph over dif fificulties, and that nothing is to be despaired of iwhere there is self-possession to look danger fear xlessly in the face, and promptly to take advantage 'of emergencies as they arise. Truth, it has been said, is often more marvellous than fiction, and the realities here exhibited strikingly exemplify the correctness of this remark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
