 The hedge-carpenter was suggesting a song to the company, which nobody just then was inclined to undertake, so that the knock afforded a not unwelcome diversion. "Walk in!" said the shepherd promptly. The latch clicked upward, and out of the night our...  Scotland, Stories of - Page 1321896Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Hardy - 1905 - 316 pages
...bleared lamplights through the beating drops — lights that denoted the situation of the county-town from which he had appeared to come. The absence of...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, ' The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 590 pages
...appeared upon the door-mat. The shepherd arose, snuffed two of the nearest candles, and turned to so look at him. Their light disclosed that the stranger...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, ' The 5 rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 524 pages
...the door-mat. The shepherd arose, snuffed two of the nearest candles, and turned to 30 look at him. which for a moment he did not remove, hung low over...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, ' The 5 rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | William James Dawson - 1910 - 334 pages
...bleared lamplights through the beating drops — lights that denoted the situation of the countytown from which he had appeared to come. The absence of...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich, deep voice: "The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1912 - 642 pages
...indecision he turned and surveyed the scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden-path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, "The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 396 pages
...candles, and turned to look at him. Their light disclosed that the stranger was dark in com15 plexion and not unprepossessing as to feature. His hat, which...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, 20 baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, "The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | 1919 - 478 pages
...bleared lamplights through the beating drops — lights that denoted the situation of the country-town from which he had appeared to come. The absence of...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, "The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | Edward Joseph O'Brien - 1919 - 392 pages
...bleared lamplights through the beating drops, lights that denoted the situation of the country-town from which he had appeared to come. The absence of...they were large, open, and determined, moving with a Sash rather than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with the survey, and, baring his shaggy... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1910 - 676 pages
...bleared lamplights through the beating drops — lights that denoted the situation of the countytown from which he had appeared to come. The absence of...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich, deep voice: "The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
 | 1925 - 568 pages
...upon the door-mat. The shepherd arose, snuffed two of the nearest candles, and turned to look at him. without concealing that they were large, open, and...than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased with his survey, and, baring his shaggy head, said, in a rich deep voice, " The rain is so heavy, friends,... | |
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