The prose works of Thomas HoodG.P. Putnam, 1869 - English poetry |
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Page 18
... round us had gradually subsided into a dead calm , and there was no per- ceptible motion but the vibration from the engine ; when sud- denly , with a brief but violent rush of wind , the vessel gave a deep lurch , and thenceforward ...
... round us had gradually subsided into a dead calm , and there was no per- ceptible motion but the vibration from the engine ; when sud- denly , with a brief but violent rush of wind , the vessel gave a deep lurch , and thenceforward ...
Page 21
... sides , down the middle , back again , all round , and then , sauve qui peut , in_a sudden panic making a general rush at the cabin stairs . In the midst of this tumult struggled a solitary human figure UP THE RHINE . 21.
... sides , down the middle , back again , all round , and then , sauve qui peut , in_a sudden panic making a general rush at the cabin stairs . In the midst of this tumult struggled a solitary human figure UP THE RHINE . 21.
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... round- sterned fellow at work on the bank , " they have the same breadth of tail . " 66 66 Amongst other characteristic features of the landscape , if it had land enough to deserve the name , we frequently saw a soli- ary crane or heron ...
... round- sterned fellow at work on the bank , " they have the same breadth of tail . " 66 66 Amongst other characteristic features of the landscape , if it had land enough to deserve the name , we frequently saw a soli- ary crane or heron ...
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... round the town , with their outlandish summer - houses and little temples . They are all what you and I should call Old Bachelor's Gardens , laid out in fantastic figures and formal walks , but full of the finest plants . I never saw ...
... round the town , with their outlandish summer - houses and little temples . They are all what you and I should call Old Bachelor's Gardens , laid out in fantastic figures and formal walks , but full of the finest plants . I never saw ...
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... round their hed like spiders to watch the childrin by the cannals , thenk God I ant a Dutch parent I should be misrable for fear of my yung wons gittin to the keys . Lawk , an English muther in Holland wood be like a Hen with Ducklins ...
... round their hed like spiders to watch the childrin by the cannals , thenk God I ant a Dutch parent I should be misrable for fear of my yung wons gittin to the keys . Lawk , an English muther in Holland wood be like a Hen with Ducklins ...
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