 ... a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat got filled with water, as the hurdle carried him back again. And then there was scarcely the screw of his tail to be seen until...  Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor - Page 64by Richard Doddridge Blackmore - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Great Britain - 1886 - 568 pages
...in fight with the turkey-cock), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...swung up again, and left small doubt by the way he sputtered, and failed to quack, and hung down his poor crest, but what he must drown in another minute,... | |
 | Richard Doddridge Blackmore - English drama - 1889 - 742 pages
...in fight with the turkey-cock), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...but that drown he must in another minute, and frogs triumph over his body. Annie was crying and wringing her hands, and I was about to rush into the water,... | |
 | Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685 - 1893 - 658 pages
...to be silent, being ducked very harshly against his will by the choking fall-to of the hurdle. pose, for his throat got filled with water, as the hurdle...but that drown he must in another minute, and frogs triumph over his body. Annie was crying, and wringing her hands, and I was about to rush into the water,... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1893 - 248 pages
...throat got filled with water as the rush carried him back again. And then there was scarcely the tip of his tail to be seen until he swung up again and...and failed to quack, and hung down his poor crest, that he must drown in another minute, and the frogs triumph over his body. Annie was crying, and I... | |
 | James Baldwin - Readers - 1897 - 252 pages
...one in fight with a turkey cock), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...hurdle carried him back again. And then there was 5 scarcely the screw of his tail to be seen until he swung up again, and left small doubt, by the way... | |
 | James Baldwin - Children's poetry - 1897 - 254 pages
...one in fight with a turkey cock), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...hurdle carried him back again. And then there was 5 scarcely the screw of his tail to be seen until he swung up again, and left small doubt, by the way... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1900 - 400 pages
...one in a fight with a turkey), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. 5. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...and left small doubt, by the way he spluttered and hung down his poor crest, but what he must drown in another minute, and let frogs triumph over his... | |
 | Literature - 1900 - 424 pages
...in fight with the turkey-cock), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...swung up again, and left small doubt, by the way he sputtered and failed to quack and hung down his poor crest, but what he must drown in another minute,... | |
 | Edna Henry Lee Turpin - Readers - 1902 - 366 pages
...in a fight with a turkey-cock, a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat got filled with water as the rush carried him back again. And then there was scarcely the screw of his tail to be seen until he... | |
 | Isabel Moore - Readers - 1906 - 296 pages
...in fight with the turkey-cock), a gaze of appealing sorrow, and then a loud quack to second it. But the quack came out of time, I suppose, for his throat...swung up again, and left small doubt, by the way he sputtered and failed to quack and hung down his poor crest, but what he must drown in another minute,... | |
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