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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... hundred tons of water drive the body to the bottom ; there it rotates , it rises , it is forced down again , a hundred tons of water beat upon it ; the foot , perhaps , catches among stones or woodwork , and what was once a living being ...
... hundred tons of water drive the body to the bottom ; there it rotates , it rises , it is forced down again , a hundred tons of water beat upon it ; the foot , perhaps , catches among stones or woodwork , and what was once a living being ...
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... up to Cricklade . A hundred miles for swearing is a fine preserve . It is one of the marvels of our civilization . Aided by scarce a touch of the sculls the stream drifted me up into the creek , and the boatman THE MODERN THAMES . 137.
... up to Cricklade . A hundred miles for swearing is a fine preserve . It is one of the marvels of our civilization . Aided by scarce a touch of the sculls the stream drifted me up into the creek , and the boatman THE MODERN THAMES . 137.
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... hundred yards ; and in stalking with a single - barrel it needs as much knowledge to choose when not to fire as when you may . The most exciting work with the single - barrel was woodcock shooting ; woodcock being by virtue of rarity a ...
... hundred yards ; and in stalking with a single - barrel it needs as much knowledge to choose when not to fire as when you may . The most exciting work with the single - barrel was woodcock shooting ; woodcock being by virtue of rarity a ...
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... hundred miles out at sea . Slower and slower , with an indolent undulation , rising and sinking of mere weight and devoid of impetus , the waves passed on , scarcely seeming to break the smoothness of the surface . At a little distance ...
... hundred miles out at sea . Slower and slower , with an indolent undulation , rising and sinking of mere weight and devoid of impetus , the waves passed on , scarcely seeming to break the smoothness of the surface . At a little distance ...
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... hundred yards or more there extended an endless empty seat . Why could not he have chosen a spot to himself ? Why must he place himself just here , so close as to touch me ? Four hundred yards of vacant seats , and he could not find ...
... hundred yards or more there extended an endless empty seat . Why could not he have chosen a spot to himself ? Why must he place himself just here , so close as to touch me ? Four hundred yards of vacant seats , and he could not find ...
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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