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The eastern tribes have long since disappeared; the forests that sheltered them have been laid low, and scarce any traces remain of them in the thickly-settled states of New England, excepting here and there the

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

It's thickly-settled, as environmentalists might say, these woods.

CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2002 2002

In thickly-settled States, where numerous railroads cross and re-cross each other in the same county, it is necessary to have the names of the post-offices arranged alphabetically; opposite the name of each office is given all its methods of supply and also the hour the mail reaches that office.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

The road which the gentlemen took, led, at first, after leaving the table-land on which their houses were situated, through the thickly-settled and business part of the town, at the head of the

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

The number of separations varies according to the connections due to be made; when the line is through a thickly-settled country, the separations are made in fine detail.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

The truthfulness of this statement is seen in the thickly-settled German, Irish, Jewish and Italian communities in the

Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp

He entered the streets of the Libyan suburb of the holy city, and passed through it to the scattering houses, set outside the thickly-settled portion, and nearer to the necropolis.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

In place of thickly-settled towns and villages, they had large plantations, and were surrounded by a numerous household of servants.

A Brief History of the United States

This illustration has been made to show the far-reaching continuity of connecting lines across the country, passing through many of the principal cities but not entering a post-office for distribution, rather than a complexity of connections almost innumerable in a thickly-settled country, and over which study and patient inquiry to simplify are ever at work.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

On visiting the shore we noticed the stuffed skins of the tiger, famous on this peninsula for their destruction of the natives, and indeed of all persons who venture beyond the thickly-settled towns and villages.

Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama", 1900