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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... waves us , and every time we sway to and fro that alters our colour . A rough wind gives us one tint , and heavy rain another , and we look different on a cloudy day to what we do on a sunny one . All these colours changed on us when ...
... waves us , and every time we sway to and fro that alters our colour . A rough wind gives us one tint , and heavy rain another , and we look different on a cloudy day to what we do on a sunny one . All these colours changed on us when ...
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... waves which are visible at a distance ; near at hand they are not seen , but roll in endless ripples through the shadows of the trees , bringing with them the actinic power of the sun . Not actinic - alchemic - some intangible ...
... waves which are visible at a distance ; near at hand they are not seen , but roll in endless ripples through the shadows of the trees , bringing with them the actinic power of the sun . Not actinic - alchemic - some intangible ...
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... , with the 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.
... , with the 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.
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... wave breaks but a few yards from my feet . I like the occasional passing scent of pitch : they are melting it close by . I confess I like tar : one's hands smell nice after touching ropes . It is more like home down on the beach here ...
... wave breaks but a few yards from my feet . I like the occasional passing scent of pitch : they are melting it close by . I confess I like tar : one's hands smell nice after touching ropes . It is more like home down on the beach here ...
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... waves do not convey so intense an idea of wildness , confusion , and power as they do at Dover . To see waves in their full vigour go to the Admiralty Pier and watch the seas broken by the granite wall . Windy Brighton has not an inch ...
... waves do not convey so intense an idea of wildness , confusion , and power as they do at Dover . To see waves in their full vigour go to the Admiralty Pier and watch the seas broken by the granite wall . Windy Brighton has not an inch ...
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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