 Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens ; whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets...  Railway Locomotives and Cars - Page 311836Full view - About this book
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1911 - 292 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guineafowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - 578 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea-fowls fretting about it like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented... | |
 | Alice B. Macdonald - 1911 - 630 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea-fowls fretting about it like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1912 - 356 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented... | |
 | 1912 - 414 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like illtempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented... | |
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1912 - 354 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guineafowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 396 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented... | |
 | 1914 - 304 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and Guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented... | |
 | Steadman Vincent Sanford, Peter Franklin Brown - 1914 - 362 pages
...sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in the adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the barnyard, with their peevish, discontented cry. Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock, that... | |
 | 1914 - 442 pages
...their pens, from whence sallied forth now and then, squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea-fowls fretting about it like ill-tempered house-wives, with their peevish, 5... | |
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