George Stanley; or, Life in the woods, ed. [really written] by J.C. Geikie |
도서 본문에서
100개의 결과 중 1 - 5개
viii 페이지
... Thoughts for the future - Changes - Too - hard study - Educa- tion in Canada - Christmas markets - Winter amusements -Ice - boats - Very cold ice - Oil - springs - Changes on the farm - Growth of Canada - The American climate - Old ...
... Thoughts for the future - Changes - Too - hard study - Educa- tion in Canada - Christmas markets - Winter amusements -Ice - boats - Very cold ice - Oil - springs - Changes on the farm - Growth of Canada - The American climate - Old ...
1 페이지
... thought them . I began with " Robinson Crusoe , " like most boys - for who has not read his story ? Burckhardt , the traveller , found a young Arab reading a translation of it in the door of his father's tent in the desert . But I don't ...
... thought them . I began with " Robinson Crusoe , " like most boys - for who has not read his story ? Burckhardt , the traveller , found a young Arab reading a translation of it in the door of his father's tent in the desert . But I don't ...
2 페이지
... thought of being one , if ever I had it , by what I knew of their story when they came back . One of them , James Roper , I did not see for some years after he went off , but when I met him at last among the ships , he was so worn and ...
... thought of being one , if ever I had it , by what I knew of their story when they came back . One of them , James Roper , I did not see for some years after he went off , but when I met him at last among the ships , he was so worn and ...
3 페이지
... thought of settling where there were so few people , and living so differ- ently from anything I had known at home , quite captivated me . I was glad when the day of sailing came , and went on board our ship , the Ocean King , with as ...
... thought of settling where there were so few people , and living so differ- ently from anything I had known at home , quite captivated me . I was glad when the day of sailing came , and went on board our ship , the Ocean King , with as ...
5 페이지
... thought the best thing to make money by in Canada was to sow all the country with mustard- seed , it yielded such a great crop , he said ; and he seemed astonished at all the table laughing at the thought of what could possibly be done ...
... thought the best thing to make money by in Canada was to sow all the country with mustard- seed , it yielded such a great crop , he said ; and he seemed astonished at all the table laughing at the thought of what could possibly be done ...
기타 출판본 - 모두 보기
자주 나오는 단어 및 구문
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
인기 인용구
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.