George Stanley; or, Life in the woods, ed. [really written] by J.C. Geikie |
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... do Our fences and crops nearly burned - The woods on fire - Building a snake - fence- " Shingle " pigs give us sore trouble " Breachy " horses and cattle . pp . 41-57 iv Contents . CHAPTER IV . We begin our preparations.
... do Our fences and crops nearly burned - The woods on fire - Building a snake - fence- " Shingle " pigs give us sore trouble " Breachy " horses and cattle . pp . 41-57 iv Contents . CHAPTER IV . We begin our preparations.
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... Nearly lost in the woods . pp . 143-158 CHAPTER IX . Involuntary racing - A backwoods parsonage - Graves in the wilderness - Notions of equality - Arctic winters-- Ruffed grouse Indian fishing in winter - A marriage - Our winter's pork ...
... Nearly lost in the woods . pp . 143-158 CHAPTER IX . Involuntary racing - A backwoods parsonage - Graves in the wilderness - Notions of equality - Arctic winters-- Ruffed grouse Indian fishing in winter - A marriage - Our winter's pork ...
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... misfortune - Statute labour - Tortoises - The hay season - Our waggon - driving -Henry and I are nearly drowned - Henry falls ill - Back- wood doctors . • pp . 280-298 Contents . CHAPTER XVIII . vii American men and women.
... misfortune - Statute labour - Tortoises - The hay season - Our waggon - driving -Henry and I are nearly drowned - Henry falls ill - Back- wood doctors . • pp . 280-298 Contents . CHAPTER XVIII . vii American men and women.
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... . CHAPTER XXIII . pp . 350-366 The suspension - bridge at Niagara · The whirlpool - The battle of Lundy's Lane - Brock's monument - A soldier nearly drowned • pp . 367-374 viii Contents . CHAPTER XXIV . The Canadian lakes -
... . CHAPTER XXIII . pp . 350-366 The suspension - bridge at Niagara · The whirlpool - The battle of Lundy's Lane - Brock's monument - A soldier nearly drowned • pp . 367-374 viii Contents . CHAPTER XXIV . The Canadian lakes -
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... nearly all struck , and I heard the mate say that the two that were left did more harm than good , because they only drove the ship deeper into the water . it grew nearly dark , I crept up the cabin - stairs to look along the deck at ...
... nearly all struck , and I heard the mate say that the two that were left did more harm than good , because they only drove the ship deeper into the water . it grew nearly dark , I crept up the cabin - stairs to look along the deck at ...
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amusement Arctic Ocean backwoods beautiful birds bush Canada Canada West Canadian canoe close cold colour creatures dark deer distance door Downy Woodpeckers edge England everything fall Father Jogues feet fence fire fish forest frozen Goat Island hand head heard Henry hole horse-flies horses huge Huron Indian Iroquois keep killed kind labourers Lake Lake Huron leave legs light living logs look miles morning Narrative of Father nearly neighbours never night Nova Scotia once oxen paddle passed piece poor racoon reached René Goupil river road rough round Ruffed Grouse sailing seemed seen side sight sleigh snow sometimes soon Spearing Spearing Fish spot spring summer tell thick thing thought told Toronto trees turned waggon walk whole wigwams wild wild leeks wind winter wonderful woods young
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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.