The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 18
... shadow of the oak is broad and will not move from you for a long time yet . " 66 ' But perhaps Paul will come up to my house , and Percy and Morna . " " Look up in the oak very quietly , don't move , just open your eyes and look ...
... shadow of the oak is broad and will not move from you for a long time yet . " 66 ' But perhaps Paul will come up to my house , and Percy and Morna . " " Look up in the oak very quietly , don't move , just open your eyes and look ...
Page 24
... shadows dwelt in the hollows of the cheeks and temples , and there was a blackness about the eyes . This blackness gathers in the faces of the old who have been much exposed to the sun , the fibres of the skin are scorched and half ...
... shadows dwelt in the hollows of the cheeks and temples , and there was a blackness about the eyes . This blackness gathers in the faces of the old who have been much exposed to the sun , the fibres of the skin are scorched and half ...
Page 25
... shadows of the trees , bringing with them the actinic power of the sun . Not actinic - alchemic - some intangible , mysterious power which cannot be supplied in any other form but the sun's rays . It reddens the cherry , it gilds the ...
... shadows of the trees , bringing with them the actinic power of the sun . Not actinic - alchemic - some intangible , mysterious power which cannot be supplied in any other form but the sun's rays . It reddens the cherry , it gilds the ...
Page 29
... shadow ; at midnight between the ripe corn and the hawthorn hedge on the white wild camomile and the poppy pale in the duskiness , with face upturned to the thoughtful heaven . Consider the glory of it , the life above this life to be ...
... shadow ; at midnight between the ripe corn and the hawthorn hedge on the white wild camomile and the poppy pale in the duskiness , with face upturned to the thoughtful heaven . Consider the glory of it , the life above this life to be ...
Page 35
... shadows of trees in a thin wood where there is room for shadows to form and fall ; some such shadows are sharper than light , and have a faint blue tint . Not only in summer but in cold winter , and not only romantic things but plain ...
... shadows of trees in a thin wood where there is room for shadows to form and fall ; some such shadows are sharper than light , and have a faint blue tint . Not only in summer but in cold winter , and not only romantic things but plain ...
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