... undisturbed when surrounded by a pack of terriers which seemed hungry enough to devour one another? Whenever the door slammed, and they looked for an addition to their cry, they seemed for all the world as though they were going to bark ; and if a... Flittings of Fancy - Page 244by Robert Sulivan - 1837Full view - About this book
| 1825 - 668 pages
...world as though they were yoing to bark ; and if a straggler really entered and seized upon his moiety, the intelligent look of vexation was precisely like...When ten or a dozen of these gentry had assembled, ihe labours of the dny commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplies upon their natural lives,... | |
| 1825 - 492 pages
...world an though they were going to bark; and if a straggler really entered muí seized upon his moiety, the intelligent look of vexation was precisely like...has lost a bone. When ten or a dozen of these gentry bad assembled, the labours of the day commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplie« upon... | |
| 1826 - 890 pages
...world as though they were going to bark ; and if a straggler really entered and seized upon his moiety, the intelligent look of vexation was precisely like...with a natural conceit that they were by no means circiim» scribed in foundation for sucli a project. In vain did the Board endeavour to persuade them... | |
| 1834 - 428 pages
...like that of a dug who has lost a bone. When ten or a dezen of these gentry bed atsemblej, the labors of the day commenced. Most of our adventurers for...afflicted with a natural conceit that they were by no moans circumscribed in foundation for such a project. In vain did the board eudeavor to persuade them... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 656 pages
...world as though they were going to bark ; and if a straggler really entered and seized upon his moiety, the intelligent look of vexation was precisely like...who has lost a bone. When ten or a dozen of these gentrjr had assembled, the labours of the day commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplies... | |
| William Evans Burton - 1857 - 328 pages
...hungry enough to devour one another? Whenever the door slammed, and they looked for an addition of their cry, they seemed for all the world as though...ten or a dozen of these gentry had assembled, the labors of the day commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplies upon their natural lives... | |
| Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 pages
...cry, they seemed for all the world as though they were going to bark ; and if a straggler геаЛт entered and seized upon his portion, the intelligent...a dog who has lost a bone. When ten or a dozen of the* gentry had assembled, the labors of the day commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplies... | |
| 1883 - 394 pages
...world as though they were going to bark ; and if a straggler really entered and seized upon his moiety, the intelligent look of vexation was precisely like...ten or a dozen of these gentry had assembled, the labour of the day commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplies upon their natural lives... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 462 pages
...and if a straggler really entered and seized upon his moiety, the intelligent look of vexation waa precisely like that of a dog who has lost a bone....day commenced. Most of our adventurers for raising supplie* upon their natural lires were afflicted with a natural conceit that they were by no means... | |
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