John Gray: A Kentucky Tale of the Olden TimeLippincott, 1892 - 218 pages |
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Page 643
... feet. Nor was the rider of a character and equipment to interfere, being a small creature armed only with a switch of wild cherry, a little hand to jerk at the bridle-reins, and a sweet voice in which to make remonstrance. So that as ...
... feet. Nor was the rider of a character and equipment to interfere, being a small creature armed only with a switch of wild cherry, a little hand to jerk at the bridle-reins, and a sweet voice in which to make remonstrance. So that as ...
Page 645
... feet, half covered by the long thick fetlocks, stepping noiselessly over the loamy earth ; the rims of his nostrils expanding like flexible ebony ; and in his filmy eyes that look of peace which is never seen in any but those of petted ...
... feet, half covered by the long thick fetlocks, stepping noiselessly over the loamy earth ; the rims of his nostrils expanding like flexible ebony ; and in his filmy eyes that look of peace which is never seen in any but those of petted ...
Page 646
... feet that could never reach the floor ! Poor little droop-headed figures, so sleepy, so afraid to fall asleep ! Long, long since, little children of the past, those backs have become straight enough, measured on a cool bed ; sooner or ...
... feet that could never reach the floor ! Poor little droop-headed figures, so sleepy, so afraid to fall asleep ! Long, long since, little children of the past, those backs have become straight enough, measured on a cool bed ; sooner or ...
Page 660
... feet. " I have ended the first season of my life !" he cried : " winter lies behind me. I am about to pass into the second : it is my spring. What are flowers but nature's declaration of love ! My heart, too, has burst into bloom ; and ...
... feet. " I have ended the first season of my life !" he cried : " winter lies behind me. I am about to pass into the second : it is my spring. What are flowers but nature's declaration of love ! My heart, too, has burst into bloom ; and ...
Page 670
... feet instead of fifteen, picked up his hammer, and came close up to Stafford. " What do you mean ? Have they quarrelled ?" In his look and tone there was the revelation of a love that had no hope except through the failure of a rival ...
... feet instead of fifteen, picked up his hammer, and came close up to Stafford. " What do you mean ? Have they quarrelled ?" In his look and tone there was the revelation of a love that had no hope except through the failure of a rival ...
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