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...armed the birds from the sky, and the beasts from the forests. Flowers and trees bowed to his mastery. Even the wind no longer howled across the e... ... feeling. One he hoped she would understand. A dizzying scatter of black peppered his vision. He rested his cheek against the silky curls at her ... ...en’t.” “Wonderful writer. Very humorous. I have The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County in my room. I’ll lend it to you.” “Thank yo... ... descriptions in a booklet she’d found in Daniel’s room, signs for bird and tree, sky and cloud, all the things she saw from that window. Some of t... ...lla Browne as a relative is enough to make you want to chop down the family tree,” Morgan said. “I think York is of the same mind on that matter, b...

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...ler than ever. Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees — something was a stirring. I set still and listened. Directly I c... ... on to the shed. Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me. CHAPTER II.... ...awyer waiting for me. CHAPTER II. We went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow’s garden, stooping down so as th... ...foot long, riding high like a duck. I shot head first off of the bank like a frog, clothes and all on, and struck out for the canoe. I just expected ... ... the Grangerfords stayed on their horses and capered around the old man, and peppered away at him, and he peppered away at them. Him and his horse bot... ... kind of reasonable, so I didn’t say nothing against it, because I’ve seen a frog lay most as many, so of course it could be done. We used to watch th... ...that you wouldn’t hear nothing for you couldn’t tell how long, except maybe frogs or something. After midnight the people on shore went to bed, and t...

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...ur persons in all,—two of each sex,—they had managed to as- cend a pile of trees, that had been uptorn by a tempest, to catch a view of the objects th... ... all. On the upper margin of the opening, the viewless influence had piled tree on tree, in such a manner as had not only enabled the two males of the... ...were interlaced in a manner to afford sufficient support to the hands. One tree had been completely uprooted, and its lower end, filled with earth, ha... ...turn from an India v’y’ge! Hark’e, Jasper, are you in search of a cargo of frogs, that you keep so near in to this New France?” “I hug the land, sir, ... ...eir war-path again; and, by ambushing them here and flanking them there, I peppered the blackguards intrinsically like” (Pathfinder occasionally caugh...

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...raceful pattern in the stubbled fields. On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clus- 13 Charles Dickens ters of coral bea... ...he knees. His coat, in colour blue and of a military cut, was buttoned and frogged up to his chin. His cravat was, in hue and pattern, like one of tho... ...divers parts of the neighbourhood; and, as no one branch of the Chuzzlewit tree had ever been known to agree with another within the memory of man, th... ...artin Chuzzlewit some sort a lady’s man, in right of his upper lip and his frogs, indicated a doubt of the justifiable nature of these measures; and h... ...us air, as if they felt its wholesome influence like living creatures; the trees, in lieu of leaves or blos- soms, shed upon the ground a frosty rime ... ...e neighbouring alleys when he answered the door, and there to play at leap-frog and other sports with vagrant lads, until pursued and brought back by ... ...lewit only have been one of his own forefathers, he said, wouldn’t he have peppered that same Lion, and been to him as another Brute Tamer with a wire...

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...han a stone’s throw of the shore” (Terra Del Fuego), “over which the beech tree extended its branches.” Darwin’s Voyage of a Naturalist. “‘Stern all!’... ... valley of the Saco. What is the chief element he employs? There stand his trees, each with a hollow trunk, as if a hermit and a crucifix were within; ... ... side blue. But though the picture lies thus tranced, and though this pine tree shakes down its sighs like leaves upon this shepherd’s head, yet all w... ... — though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reve... ...shirt. Still more, his very legs were marked, as if a parcel of dark green frogs were running up the trunks of young palms. It was now quite plain tha...

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...han a stone’s throw of the shore” (Terra Del Fuego), “over which the beech tree extended its branches.” —Darwin’ s Voyage of a Naturalist. “‘Stern all... ...alley of the Saco. What is the chief element he em- ploys? There stand his trees, each with a hollow trunk, as if a hermit and a crucifix were within;... ... side blue. But though the picture lies thus tranced, and though this pine-tree shakes down its sighs like leaves upon this shepherd’s head, yet all w... ...s;—though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reve... ...shirt. Still more, his very legs were marked, as if a parcel of dark green frogs were running up the trunks of young palms. It was now quite plain tha...

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... was he released from the panting tension. He glanced once at his favorite tree, elm twigs against the gold patina of sky, and fumbled for sleep as fo... ...VER GROVE.—Cute four-room California bungalow, a.m.i., garage, dandy shade tree, swell neighborhood, handy car line. $3700, $780 down and balance libe... ... me an order of French fried pota- toes.” When the chop came he vigorously peppered it and salted it. He always peppered and salted his meat, and vigo... ...The kind of street you’d find here in Zenith, say in Floral Heights. Open. Trees. Grass. And I was homesick! There’s no other country in the world tha... ...hat you’ve always supposed the F. stood for.” Flivver, they suggested, and Frog-face and Flathead and Farinaceous and Freezone and Flapdoodle and Fogh...

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...he Holloway region north of London, and then divided from it by fields and trees. Be- tween Battle Bridge and that part of the Holloway district in wh... ...any places it had become gnarled and riven, according to the manner of old trees; knots started out of it; and here and there it seemed to twist itsel... ...of walnut- wood in the bar, you might trace little forests there, and tiny trees like the parent tree, in full umbrageous leaf. The bar of the Six Jol... ...inct, save the candle itself in its old tin candlestick, and two preserved frogs fight- ing a small-sword duel. Stumping with fresh vigour, he goes in... ...ough you’ve capital enough somewhere, if one only knew where, but you’d be peppered and salted and grilled on a gridiron before you’d own to it—and th... ...shment, imperfectly disclosing to the pub- lic the usual pair of preserved frogs, sword in hand, with their point of honour still unsettled. Mr V enus... ... evening.’ The very next evening saw Mr Boffin peeping in at the preserved frogs in Mr V enus’s shop-window, and saw Mr V e- nus espying Mr Boffin wit...

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...the brow of Dombey , Time and his brother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time—remorseless twins they are for stri... ...hole suite of drawing-rooms looking upon a gravelled yard, where two gaunt trees, with blackened trunks and branches, rattled rather than rustled, the... ...atory or little glass breakfast- room beyond, commanding a prospect of the trees before mentioned, and, generally speaking, of a few prowling cats. Th... ... of cir- cumstances, that a dry day covered him with dust, and a misty day peppered him with little bits of soot, and a wet day bright- ened up his ta... ... being patent is im- pervious. Another one,’ said Mr Perch, ‘with military frogs, is in the parlour of the King’s Arms all the blessed day. I hap- pen...

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... but Dora defiantly answered that Harold was going to swing her on the ash tree. “You ought to appear at church, Harry,” said Eustace. “It is expected... ...e redoubled his offence. After he had put crackers into his uncle’s boots, peppered the coachman’s wig, inserted a live toad in the centre of a fortif... ...ying all the curiosities—the puzzle-cup that could not be used, the horrid frog that sprang to your lips in the tankard, the roll- ing-pin covered wit... ...ared—in riding into Northchester he had stopped to help to lift up a great tree that was insecure on its timber waggon, and even his hands shook a lit... ... never see a lane ending in golden light, melting into blue, and dark pine trees framing as it were the brightness, with every little branch defined a...

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...e “volant” is a huge pruning-hook fastened to a pole, with which they trim trees) crying out, “No more clerks, or there’s an end to compromise!” The f... ...digris. A handsome chandelier, partly of semi-trans- parent porcelain, was peppered, like the ceiling from which it hung, with black speckles, bearing... ...rt. One of the shafts was sticking upright in the ground, as straight as a tree. Max stood by, pale and thoughtful, and deeply annoyed by Fario’s spee... ...ere ornamented with circlets made of the roots of rose, peach, and apricot trees. Madame Hochon actually risked the use of her precious relics! These ... ...ns in the stagnant town was like the falling of a beam into a community of frogs. After stowing his mother’s things and his own into the two attic cha...

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.............................................................. 41 The Twisted Tree ......................................................................... ...change of heart of a greedy magpie, to the neighborly support of a twisted tree, your own excursions through these pages can help you keep alive the t... ...d to clear away my feelings and approach the problem through the eyes of a frog, a dog or bird, as 9 TELL ME A STORY LISA SUHAY I did for the boys. T... ...in all of us. All we have to do is look at ourselves through the eyes of a frog to leap for joy, a bird to soar, or a cricket to sing the music that i... ...alued. Birch Finds Its Roots n the beginning there was a wondrous great tree that grew in the center of a wide and open field. Its branches spread ... ...er coat and all of them could do with new shoes at least once a year. Life peppered the little brood with challenges like leaky pipes that cost an ear...

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.............................................................. 41 The Twisted Tree ......................................................................... ...change of heart of a greedy magpie, to the neighborly support of a twisted tree, your own excursions through these pages can help you keep alive the t... ...d to clear away my feelings and approach the problem through the eyes of a frog, a dog or bird, as 9 TELL ME A STORY LISA SUHAY I did for the boys. T... ...in all of us. All we have to do is look at ourselves through the eyes of a frog to leap for joy, a bird to soar, or a cricket to sing the music that i... ...alued. Birch Finds Its Roots n the beginning there was a wondrous great tree that grew in the center of a wide and open field. Its branches spread ... ...er coat and all of them could do with new shoes at least once a year. Life peppered the little brood with challenges like leaky pipes that cost an ear...

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......................................................................... 4 A Tree Song .................................................................... ...and I saw them go. Giants, trolls, kelpies, brownies, goblins, imps; wood, tree, mound, and water spirits; heath-people, hill- watchers, treasure-guar... ...looked round the meadow—at Una’s Oak by the lower gate; at the line of ash trees that overhang Otter Pool where the millstream spills over when the Mi... ...What is 139 Rudyard Kipling it? Oh, what is it?” ‘Then ’twas all like the frogs in the diks peepin’; then ’twas all like the reeds in the diks clip-c... ...he was shy— ‘old Hobd—a friend of mine told me that one of the beaters got peppered last week—hit in the leg, I mean. You see, Mr Meyer will fire at r...

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... pass into the stom ach”; or dwelling, chained for life, at the foot of a tree; or measuring with their bodies, like caterpillars, the breadth of vas... ...velyn, “the wise Solomon pre scribed ordinances for the very distances of trees; and the Roman praetors have decided how often you may go into your n... ...ntelligence. At other times watching from the observatory of some cliff or tree, to telegraph any new arrival; or waiting at evening on the hill tops ... ...ings up a fish; a mink steals out of the marsh before my door and seizes a frog by the shore; the sedge is bending under the weight of the reed birds ... ...ill pardon the comparison, for though there are almost no weeds, there are frogs there nwho would fain keep up the hilarious rules of their old fes t... ...l to attract me, all the elements are unusually congenial to me. The bull frogs trump to usher in the night, and the note of the whip poor will is bo... ... common here; and another, golden col ored, and shaped like the last, but peppered on the sides with small dark brown or black spots, intermixed with...

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... can pass into the stomach;” or dwelling, chained for life, at the foot of a tree; or measur ing with their bodies, like caterpillars, the breadth of... ...to Evelyn, “the wise Solomon prescribed ordinances for the very distances of trees; and the Roman prætors have decided how often you may go into your ... ...ntelligence. At other times watching from the ob servatory of some cliff or tree, to telegraph any new arrival; or waiting at evening on the hill top... ... brings up a fish; a mink steals out of the marsh before my door and seizes a frog by the shore; the sedge is bending under the weight of the reed bird... ... will pardon the comparison, for though there are almost no weeds, there are frogs there, — who would fain keep up the hilarious rules of their old fe... ...s really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs. As I walked in the woods to see the birds and squirrels, so I walk... ...most common here; and another, golden colored, and shaped like the last, but peppered on the sides with small dark brown or black spots, intermixed wi...

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...John Andrew in a meadow, which he had near the pole-arch, under the olive- tree, as you go to Narsay: where, as he was making cast up some ditches, th... ...d, not in paper, not in parch- ment, nor in wax, but in the bark of an elm-tree, yet so worn with the long tract of time, that hardly could three lett... ...t be myself, not one’s omitted: And then it is their mind, I do no more Of frogs and oysters send them any store: In case they spare my life and prove... ...stark dead without drink, and my soul ready to fly into some marsh amongst frogs; the soul never dwells in a dry place, drouth kills it. O you butlers... ...of the brain, even through the ear of Jove? Adonis, of the bark of a myrrh tree; and Castor and Pollux of the doupe of that egg which was laid and hat... ...e fair meadow, unnestling of sparrows, tak- ing of quails, and fishing for frogs and crabs. But although that day was passed without books or lecture,... ...o her; for a good carpenter will make use of any kind of timber. Let me be peppered with the pox, if you find not all your wives with child at your re... ...tragonal aspect to Saturn, associated with Mer- cury. Thou wilt be soundly peppered, my good, honest fel- low, I warrant thee. I will be? answered Pan... ...ers, sutlers, charcoal-men, and boiling cooks having been sadly mauled and peppered off in the northern countries. His high devilship sups very well o...

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...felt it, like the premonition of movement in a motionless void. Then the great tree, burdened with its weight of years and snow, played its last part ... ...ressure and listening to her husband’s groans, while Malemute Kid attacked the tree with his axe. The steel rang merrily as it bit into the frozen tru... ...e point of the island which overlooked the ocean three ways there stood a pine tree which never grew there, smooth and straight and tall. It is said t... ... gain the land of little sticks as by his hunger. He searched little ponds for frogs and dug up the earth with his nails for worms, though he knew in ... ...ug up the earth with his nails for worms, though he knew in spite that neither frogs nor worms existed so far north. He looked into every pool of wate... ...ife out of the bushman who had so nearly got him; with the other barrel he had peppered the bushmen bending over Sagawa, and had the pleasure of knowi...

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... the whole figure will have changed. Life may be compared, not to a single tree, but to a great and 10 Robert Louis Stevenson complicated forest; cir... ...nguage much more inexact than the tools of a surveyor; from day to day the trees fall and are renewed; the very essences are fleeting as we look; and ... ...e facts, they agree upon a word as symbol; and hence we have such words as tree, star, love, honour, or death; hence also we have this word right, whi... ...wo ill-favoured ones that beset the first of Christian’s journey, with the frog-like structure of the skull, the frog- like limberness of limbs– craft... ...own estimation, not by blowing himself out, and risking the fate of Æsop’s frog, but simply by the habitual use of a diminishing glass on everybody el... ...p spouts of candle-light through the holes with which its conical roof was peppered. ‘Hey, miss,’ said he jocularly, ‘you won’t look at me any more, n...

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...dith with their Achs and Hechs! and surrounded by her crowned courtiers in frogged uniforms and moustachioed like sea- horses, a little before dinner ... .... He had his opportunity one moonlight night, not far from the castle, and peppered Kirby with shot from a fowling- piece at, some say, five paces’ di... ...only fair.’ And Kirby discharged his pistol at the top twigs of an old oak tree, and called the young lord a Briton, and proposed to take him in hand ... ...Jeff,’ he said, and flinging away the dregs of his glass: ‘There ‘s to the Frog!’ and flinging away the glass to shivers: ‘There’s to the T urncoat!’ ... ...urple heath, and a white thorn in bloom quite beautiful, and the green fir trees, and the big Bowl black as a cauldron,—indeed a perfect feast of harm... ...forest by the light, which was neither dim nor cold, but grave; presenting tree and shrub and dwarf growth and grass austerely, not deepening or confu...

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...ough you’ve capital enough somewhere, if one only knew where, but you’d be peppered and salted and grilled on a gridiron before you’d own to it—and th... ...shment, imperfectly disclosing to the pub- lic the usual pair of preserved frogs, sword in hand, with their point of honour still unsettled. Mr V enus... ... young river, dimpled like a young child, playfully gliding away among the trees, unpolluted by the defilements that lie in wait for it on its course,... ... it warm; what infinite variety of forms of tower and roof and steeple the trees took; how many furious horsemen rode at her, crying, ‘There she goes!... ...hted windows were reflected, and on its nearest margin was a plantation of trees. ‘I humbly thank the Power and the Glory,’ said Betty Higden, holding... ... evening.’ The very next evening saw Mr Boffin peeping in at the preserved frogs in Mr V enus’s shop-window, and saw Mr V e- nus espying Mr Boffin wit...

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...imperial glories; where the huts are squatted by the Niger, under the palm-trees; where the Northern Babel lies, with its warehouses, and its bridges,... ...lways,” Codlingsby thought. “I could sit at thy feet as under a green palm-tree, and fancy that Paradise-birds were singing in the boughs.” Rafael rea... ...r’s supper. The Doctor pulled a few of the delicious fruit from the lemon- trees growing near (and round which the Carabineers and the 24th Leger had ... ... has been copied in our own Empire city of New Y ork), and playing at leap-frog with their uncle, the Count of Provence; gaudy courtiers, emlazoned wi... ...ut seventy feet high. I instantly turned the guns of wall A on wall B, and peppered the latter so as to make, not a breach, but a scaling place; the m...

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...hemselves, they are not barren, for she who was be- fore as the barren fig-tree being joined to an apt constitution becomes as the fruitful vine. And ... ... injections; for fumigating use cinna- mon, nutmeg, the berries of the bay tree, mugwort, gal- banum, molanthium, amber, etc. Make pessaries of figs a... ...to bed; make a fumigation for the womb of mas- tic, frankincense and burnt frogs, adding the hoof of a mule. Take an ounce each of the juice of knot-g... ...E Untimely births may be caused by cold, for as it causes the fruit of the tree to wither and fall before it is ripe, so it nips the fruit of the womb... ...ce and endive, are good for her; but let her avoid salt, sharp, biting and peppered meats, and wine. SECT. IX.—Of the Flux of the Betty, or Looseness ...