 Look ! how rapidly they lower the watermark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon or two apiece, and they can afford time to breathe it in, with sighs of calm enjoyment. Now they roll their quiet eyes around...  Twice-told Tales - Page 158by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1876Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 488 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look ! how rapidly they lower the water mark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon...they roll their quiet eyes around the brim of their huge drinking vessel. An ox is your true toper. But I perceive, my dear auditors, that you are impatient... | |
 | George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look! how rapidly they lower the water-mark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon...monstrous drinking-vessel. An ox is your true toper. 12. I hold myself the grand reformer of the age. From my spout, and such spouts as mine, must flow... | |
 | John D. Post - Readers - 1842 - 314 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look ! how rapidly they lower the water-mark on the side of the trough,4 till their capacious 'stomachs are moistened with a gallon...a-piece, and they can afford time to breathe it in, with sighs4 of calm enjoyment. Now they roll their quiet eyes around the brim of their monstrous drinking-vessel.... | |
 | William Horsell - 1845 - 262 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look how rapidly they lower the water-mark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon...their quiet eyes around the brim of their monstrous drinking vessel. An ox is your true toper. But 1 perceive, my dear auditors, that you are impatient... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look ! how rapidly they lower the water mark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon...they roll their quiet eyes around the brim of their huge drinking vessel. An ox is your true toper. But I perceive, my dear auditors, that you are impatient... | |
 | 1848 - 1292 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look how rapidly they lower the water-mark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon...their quiet eyes around the brim of their monstrous drinking vessel. An ox is your true toper. But I perceive, my dear auditors, that you are impatient... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...the watering of cattle. Look how rapidly they lower the water-mark on the sides of the trough, till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a' gallon...monstrous drinking.vessel. An ox is your true toper. The hetter you think of me, the better men and women will you find yourselves. I shall say nothing... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...watering of cattle. Look'! how rapidly they lower the water mark on the sides of the trough ' , till their capacious stomachs are moistened with a gallon...or two apiece, and they can afford time to breathe, with sighs of calm enjoyment. Now, they roll their quiet eyes around the brim of their monstrous drinking... | |
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