The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 40
... rushing water silent , yet witnessing of the Past ; shadowing the Present on the dial of the field : a mere dull stone ; but what is it the mind will not employ to express to itself its own thoughts ? There was a hollow near in which ...
... rushing water silent , yet witnessing of the Past ; shadowing the Present on the dial of the field : a mere dull stone ; but what is it the mind will not employ to express to itself its own thoughts ? There was a hollow near in which ...
Page 59
... rushing up from the sea . Heavy as the gales are , they seldom do much mischief to the roofs , such as are recorded inland . On the King's Road a plate- glass window is now and then blown in , so that on hurricane days the shutters are ...
... rushing up from the sea . Heavy as the gales are , they seldom do much mischief to the roofs , such as are recorded inland . On the King's Road a plate- glass window is now and then blown in , so that on hurricane days the shutters are ...
Page 68
... rushing to and fro ; the greetings of friends ; the smiles ; the shifting of the groups , some coming , and some going - plump and rosy , it is really charming . One has a fancy dog , another a bright - bound novel ; very many have ...
... rushing to and fro ; the greetings of friends ; the smiles ; the shifting of the groups , some coming , and some going - plump and rosy , it is really charming . One has a fancy dog , another a bright - bound novel ; very many have ...
Page 77
... rushing about there were several with wings ; one took flight ; one was seized by a wingless ant and dragged down into a cellar , as if to prevent its taking wing . A helpless green fly was in the midst , and round the outside galleries ...
... rushing about there were several with wings ; one took flight ; one was seized by a wingless ant and dragged down into a cellar , as if to prevent its taking wing . A helpless green fly was in the midst , and round the outside galleries ...
Page 79
... rushing as quick as if hastening to a butter- fly - fair . If only rare , how valued he would be ! His colour is so evident and visible ; he fills the road , being brighter than all , and for the moment is more than the trees and ...
... rushing as quick as if hastening to a butter- fly - fair . If only rare , how valued he would be ! His colour is so evident and visible ; he fills the road , being brighter than all , and for the moment is more than the trees and ...
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A. B. GROSART autumn beach beautiful birds black-headed bunting blue boats boughs bright Brighton brown bushes butterfly cloth extra cloth limp colour copse corn creature Crown 8vo dark Demy 8vo earth edge Edited elms face Fcap fern field fish flowers gone grass green Guido happy heat hedge illustrated boards jogger King's Road labour ladies leaves light little Guido London look meadow morning nature nest never Novel passed pebbles pheasant PICCADILLY NOVELS pleasant plough Post 8vo rain red deer RICHARD JEFFERIES river road roof rooks round rushing seemed shadow shot side sparrows spot stalks starlings Stories stream summer sunlight sunshine swallows sward Thames thick things thought thousand tint trees Vols W. S. GILBERT walk wave wheat wild wind wings winter wood yellow yellowhammer