 ... with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a large stone beside the row of vessels, and to drink a copious draught from one of them. Having quenched his thirst he rose...  Scotland, Stories of - Page 1311896Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1883 - 708 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden-path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail ; the roof of the... | |
 | 1883 - 736 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...how they might bear upon the question of his entry. while, far away in the vale, a faint whiteness of more than usual extent showed that the rivers were... | |
 | Tales - 1885 - 272 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden-path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail ; the roof of the... | |
 | 1885 - 276 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden-path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail ; the roof of the... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1905 - 316 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden-path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail ; the roof of the... | |
 | Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 522 pages
...surface of the wood revealed absolutely nothing, it was evident that he must be mentally looking 5 through the door, as if he wished to measure thereby...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden10 path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail ; the roof of the... | |
 | William James Dawson - 1910 - 334 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The gardenpath stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail; the roof of the little... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1910 - 688 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...how they might bear upon the question of his entry. track of a snail; the roof of the little well (mostly dry), the well-cover, the top rail of the garden-gate,... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1912 - 588 pages
...emerging from the shed, with an apparently new intention, he walked up the path to the house-door. Arrived here, his first act was to kneel down on a...scene around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The garden-path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail ; the roof of the... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 398 pages
...knock, but paused with his eye upon the panel. Since the dark surface of the wood revealed absolutely 20 nothing, it was evident that he must be mentally looking...In his indecision he turned and surveyed the scene 25 around. Not a soul was anywhere visible. The gardenpath stretched downward from his feet, gleaming... | |
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