The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 10
... waves us , and every time we sway to and fro that alters our colour . A rough wind gives us one tint , and heavy rain another , and we look different on a cloudy day to what we do on a sunny one . All these colours changed on us when ...
... waves us , and every time we sway to and fro that alters our colour . A rough wind gives us one tint , and heavy rain another , and we look different on a cloudy day to what we do on a sunny one . All these colours changed on us when ...
Page 25
... waves which are visible at a distance ; near at hand they are not seen , but roll in endless ripples through the shadows of the trees , bringing with them the actinic power of the sun . Not actinic - alchemic - some intangible ...
... waves which are visible at a distance ; near at hand they are not seen , but roll in endless ripples through the shadows of the trees , bringing with them the actinic power of the sun . Not actinic - alchemic - some intangible ...
Page 55
... , with the forces of the tides and winds , and the sunlight gleaming on the white crests of the waves . They speak to thoughts lurking in the mind ; they float between life and death as with a billow on either hand ; SUNNY BRIGHTON . 55.
... , with the forces of the tides and winds , and the sunlight gleaming on the white crests of the waves . They speak to thoughts lurking in the mind ; they float between life and death as with a billow on either hand ; SUNNY BRIGHTON . 55.
Page 56
... wave breaks but a few yards from my feet . I like the occasional passing scent of pitch : they are melting it close by . I confess I like tar : one's hands smell nice after touching ropes . It is more like home down on the beach here ...
... wave breaks but a few yards from my feet . I like the occasional passing scent of pitch : they are melting it close by . I confess I like tar : one's hands smell nice after touching ropes . It is more like home down on the beach here ...
Page 59
... waves do not convey so intense an idea of wildness , confusion , and power as they do at Dover . To see waves in their full vigour go to the Admiralty Pier and watch the seas broken by the granite wall . Windy Brighton has not an inch ...
... waves do not convey so intense an idea of wildness , confusion , and power as they do at Dover . To see waves in their full vigour go to the Admiralty Pier and watch the seas broken by the granite wall . Windy Brighton has not an inch ...
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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