The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1901 - 302 páginas Papers originally contributed to various English periodicals. Saint Guido.--Golden-brown.--Wild flowers.--Sunny Brighton.--The pine wood.--Nature on the roof.--One of the new voters.--The modern Thames.--The single-barrel gun.--The haunt of the hare.--The bathing season.--Under the acorns.--Downs.--Forest.--Beauty in the country.--Out of doors in February.--Haunts of the lapwing.--Outside London.--On the London road.--Red roofs of London.--A wet night in London. |
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... force of youthful sap straight above the hedgerow to sink of its own weight presently and progress with crafty tendrils ; swifts shot through the air with outstretched wings like crescent - headed shaftless arrows darted from the clouds ...
... force of youthful sap straight above the hedgerow to sink of its own weight presently and progress with crafty tendrils ; swifts shot through the air with outstretched wings like crescent - headed shaftless arrows darted from the clouds ...
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... forces of the tides and winds , and the sunlight gleaming on the white crests of the waves . They speak to thoughts lurking in the mind ; they float between life and death as with a billow on either hand ; SUNNY BRIGHTON . 55 55.
... forces of the tides and winds , and the sunlight gleaming on the white crests of the waves . They speak to thoughts lurking in the mind ; they float between life and death as with a billow on either hand ; SUNNY BRIGHTON . 55 55.
Página 66
... forces the organs of the body out of place ( what a queer expression it seems , 66 organs " ! ) have not a chance in Brighton . Girls lace tight and " go in " for the tip of the fashion , yet they bloom and flourish as green bay trees ...
... forces the organs of the body out of place ( what a queer expression it seems , 66 organs " ! ) have not a chance in Brighton . Girls lace tight and " go in " for the tip of the fashion , yet they bloom and flourish as green bay trees ...
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... force which drove them as if discharged from a cross - bow . The sun had set all things in motion . There was a hum under the oak by the hedge , a hum in the pine wood , a humming among the heath and the dry grass which heat had browned ...
... force which drove them as if discharged from a cross - bow . The sun had set all things in motion . There was a hum under the oak by the hedge , a hum in the pine wood , a humming among the heath and the dry grass which heat had browned ...
Página 78
... as soon as they were up spread their vanes and floated forwards . As the force of the original hop decreased , the wind took their wings and turned them Y aside from the straight course before they fell . Down 78 THE OPEN AIR .
... as soon as they were up spread their vanes and floated forwards . As the force of the original hop decreased , the wind took their wings and turned them Y aside from the straight course before they fell . Down 78 THE OPEN AIR .
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autumn beautiful bees birds black-headed bunting blue boats boughs bramble bright Brighton brown bushes butterfly colour comes copse corn creature curve dark earth edge elms eyot face fern field fish flowers forest gleaming gone grass gray horse green Guido happy heat hedge hills jogger King's Road labour lapwings lark leaves light little Guido London look meadow morning nature nest never newsvendors pass pebbles pheasant pleasant plough plovers rain ramsons red deer RICHARD JEFFERIES rise river road roof rooks round rush seems shadow shot side singing slope sparrows spot stalks starlings stream summer sunlight sunshine surface swallows sward Thames thick things thought thousand tint touch trees walk wall wasps watch wave West Pier wheat whistle wild wind wings winter wood yellow yellowhammer yonder