... away amidst his chat, till the wife appears, with a shawl over her cap, to see what can detain him so long ; and the daughter follows, with her gown turned over head (for it is now chill evening), and at last the sociable horseman finds he must be... Life in the Sick-room: Essays by an Invalid - Page 48by Harriet Martineau - 1844 - 221 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1844 - 878 pages
...next, or for the third or fourth before the porch, or over the wall, when the resident farmer conies out, pipe in mouth, and puffs away amidst his chat,...beach, and canters home over the sands, left hard anil wet by the ebbing tide, the white horse making his progress visible to me through the dusk. Then,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 600 pages
...her cap, to see what can detain him so long ; and the daughter follows, with her gown turned over her head, (for it is now chill evening,) and at last the...sociable horseman finds he must be going, looks at hie watch, and, with a gesture of surprise, turns his steed down a steep broken way to the beach, and... | |
| Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...daughter follows, with her gown turned over head (for it is now chill evening), and at last the social horseman finds he must be going, looks at his watch,...broken way to the beach, and canters home over the lands, left hard and wet by the ebbing tide, the white horse making his progress visible to me through... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...daughter follows, with her gown turned over head (for it is now chill evening), and at last the social horseman finds he must be going, looks at his watch,...and wet by the ebbing tide, the white horse making hl« progress visible to me through the dusk. Then if the question arises which hu most of the gossip... | |
| India - 1847 - 556 pages
...fourth before the porch, or over the wall, when the resident fanner comes out, pipe in mouth, and pufls away amidst his chat, till the wife appears, with...broken way to the beach, and canters home over the sanda, left hard and wet by the ebbing tide, the white horse making his progress visible to me through... | |
| 430 pages
...her cap, to see what can detain him so long ; and the daughter follows, with her gown turned over her head (for it is now chill evening), and at last the...and wet by the ebbing tide, the white horse making Ms progress visible to me through the dusk." While Miss Martincau was thus confined to her nickroom,... | |
| American literature - 1854 - 604 pages
...her cap, to see what can detain him so long ; and the daughter follows, with her gown turned over her head, (for it is now chill evening,) and at last the...finds he must be going, looks at his watch, and, with & gesture of surprise, turns his steed down a steep broken way to the beach, and canters home over... | |
| Thomas Hood - English literature - 1865 - 602 pages
...in mouth, and puff's away amidst his chat till the wife appears, with a shawl over her cap, to sec what can detain him so long ; and the daughter follows,...tide, the white horse making his progress visible to uie through the dusk. Then, if the question arises which has most of the gossip spirit, he or I, there... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1873 - 1076 pages
...third or fourth before the porch, or over the wall, when the resident farmer comes out, pipe in month, and puffs away amidst his chat till the wife appears,...a steep broken way to the beach, and canters home oven the sands, left hard and wet by the ebbing tide, the white horse making his progress visible to... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 856 pages
...daughter follows, with her gown turned over пег head — for it is now chill evening — and a' last the sociable horseman finds he must be going,...down a steep broken way to the beach, and canters homo over the ntnde, left hard and wet by the ebbing tide, the white hçrse making his progress visible... | |
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