The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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... fern had taught him . First , if he wanted to know anything , or to hear a story , or what the grass was saying , or the oak- leaves singing , he must be careful not to interfere as he had done just now with the butterfly by trying to ...
... fern had taught him . First , if he wanted to know anything , or to hear a story , or what the grass was saying , or the oak- leaves singing , he must be careful not to interfere as he had done just now with the butterfly by trying to ...
Page 8
... fern said he must touch a little piece of grass and put it against his cheek , or a leaf , and kiss it , and say , " Leaf , leaf , tell them I am here . " Now , while he was lying down , and the tip of the rushes touched his foot , he ...
... fern said he must touch a little piece of grass and put it against his cheek , or a leaf , and kiss it , and say , " Leaf , leaf , tell them I am here . " Now , while he was lying down , and the tip of the rushes touched his foot , he ...
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... in the wheat in this very field close to where the hawthorn bush grows now - where you picked the May flowers , you know , my love . They slept there all the summer night , and the fern owls flew to and SAINT GUIDO . 21.
... in the wheat in this very field close to where the hawthorn bush grows now - where you picked the May flowers , you know , my love . They slept there all the summer night , and the fern owls flew to and SAINT GUIDO . 21.
Page 22
Richard Jefferies. summer night , and the fern owls flew to and fro , and the bats and crickets chirped , and the stars shone faintly , as if they were made pale by the heat . The poor papa never had a house , but that little Guido lived ...
Richard Jefferies. summer night , and the fern owls flew to and fro , and the bats and crickets chirped , and the stars shone faintly , as if they were made pale by the heat . The poor papa never had a house , but that little Guido lived ...
Page 31
... ferns linger in sheltered overhung banks . The South Down range , like a great wall , shuts off the sea , and has ... fern , willows budding and birds already busy . It is a double England there , two countries side by side . On a ...
... ferns linger in sheltered overhung banks . The South Down range , like a great wall , shuts off the sea , and has ... fern , willows budding and birds already busy . It is a double England there , two countries side by side . On a ...
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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