George Stanley; or, Life in the woods, ed. [really written] by J.C. Geikie |
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... above . The last thing was to lay a light rail all round into the crosses thus made , so as to " lock " them , and to make the whole so high that no beast could get over it . 54 " Shingle Pigs " give us sore trouble .
... above . The last thing was to lay a light rail all round into the crosses thus made , so as to " lock " them , and to make the whole so high that no beast could get over it . 54 " Shingle Pigs " give us sore trouble .
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... cross country after country straight to a place thousands of miles distant ? A man could not do it without all the helps he could get . I lose myself every now and then in the streets of any new city I may visit ; and as to making my ...
... cross country after country straight to a place thousands of miles distant ? A man could not do it without all the helps he could get . I lose myself every now and then in the streets of any new city I may visit ; and as to making my ...
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... cross , for the wet had gene- rally taken off the bark , and they often bent almost into the water with your weight . One day , when I was making my best attempt at getting over one of these safely , an old settler on a lot two miles ...
... cross , for the wet had gene- rally taken off the bark , and they often bent almost into the water with your weight . One day , when I was making my best attempt at getting over one of these safely , an old settler on a lot two miles ...
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... crosses , diamonds , and I know not what other shapes , as large almost as a shilling , shone round you in mil- lions when the sun sent his glittering light on them , except in very cold weather , for then the snow was only a dry powder ...
... crosses , diamonds , and I know not what other shapes , as large almost as a shilling , shone round you in mil- lions when the sun sent his glittering light on them , except in very cold weather , for then the snow was only a dry powder ...
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... cross - bar here and there behind , let into them through auger - holes , serving to keep them together . An old box , fixed on roughly above , served for a body to the carriage ; and , then , off they went , scraping along the snow in ...
... cross - bar here and there behind , let into them through auger - holes , serving to keep them together . An old box , fixed on roughly above , served for a body to the carriage ; and , then , off they went , scraping along the snow in ...
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8 페이지 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
168 페이지 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
73 페이지 - But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way.
408 페이지 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
215 페이지 - I proceeded. The air was literally filled with pigeons ; the light of noonday was obscured as by an eclipse; the dung fell in spots not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency to lull my senses to repose.
216 페이지 - The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the birds arrived and passed over me, I felt a current of air that surprised me.
129 페이지 - Whilst the deer are quietly grazing, the wolves assemble in great numbers, and, forming a crescent, creep slowly towards the herd so as not to alarm them much at first, but when they perceive that they have fairly hemmed in the unsuspecting creatures, and cut off...
210 페이지 - O then to your gardens, ye housewives, repair ! Your walks border up ; sow and plant at your leisure ; The Blue-bird will chaunt from his box such an air, That all your hard toils will seem truly a pleasure.
210 페이지 - WHEN winter's cold tempests and snows are no more, Green meadows and brown furrowed fields reappearing. The fishermen hauling their shad to the shore, And cloud-cleaving geese to the lakes are a-steering; When first the lone butterfly flits on the wing, When red glow the maples, so fresh and so pleasing, O then comes the blue-bird, the herald of spring, And hails with his warblings the charms of the season.
129 페이지 - ... towards the precipice, appearing to know that when the herd is once at full speed it is easily driven over the cliff, the rearmost urging on those that are before. The wolves then descend at their leisure and feast on the mangled carcasses.