... earth. Trojan bully and wily Greek wrestled in the winds, and the great pines in the canon seemed to bow to the wrath of the son of Peleus. Mr. Oakhurst listened with quiet satisfaction. Most especially was he interested in the fate of "Ash-heels,"... Off Duty: A Dozen Yarns for Soldiers and Sailors - Stran 2591919 - 335 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Bret Harte - 1882 - 434 strani
...interested in the fate of " Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footcd Achilles." So, with small food and much of Homer and...prison over drifted walls of dazzling -white, that cowered twenty feet above their heads. It became more and more difficult to replenish their fires,... | |
| Bret Harte - 1899 - 276 strani
...especially was he interested in the fate of "Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted * in denominating the " swift-footed Achilles." So with small food and...again forsook them, and again from leaden skies the snow-^akes were sifted over the land. Day by day closer around them drew the snowy circle, until at... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 646 strani
...especially was he interested in the fate of "Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the " swift-footed Achilles." So with small food and much of Homer and the accordion, a week pajsed over the heads of the outcasts. The sun again forsook them, and again from leaden skies the... | |
| Bret Harte - 1900 - 430 strani
...especially was he interested in the fate of " Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footed Achilles." So, with small food and much of Homer and the accordion, a_week passed over the heads of the outcasts. The sun again forsook them, and again from leaden skies... | |
| George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 264 strani
...interested in the fate of " Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the " swift10 footed Achilles." So with small food and much of Homer and...leaden skies the snow-flakes were sifted over the land. 15 Day by day closer around them drew the snowy circle, until at last they looked from their prison... | |
| Horace Spencer Fiske - 1903 - 292 strani
...interested in the fate of " Ash-heels," as the Innocent insisted on calling the " swift-footed Achilles." A week passed over the heads of the outcasts, the sun again abandoned them, and the leaden skies sifted swiftly down upon them great banks of snow, till they stood... | |
| Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lionel Strachey - 1904 - 204 strani
...especially was he interested in the fate of "Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footed Achilles." So, with small food and...over drifted walls of dazzling white, that towered 20 feet above their heads. It became more and more difficult to replenish their fires, even from the... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 728 strani
...small promise as to his Lordship's future hours being well employed. Id., Life of Lord Byron, 156. So with small food and much of Homer and the accordion, a week passed over the heads of the outcasts. BRET HARTE, Outcasts, 29. smallest , denoting quantity, corresponding to the Dutch minste: She had... | |
| Charles Sears Baldwin - 1904 - 356 strani
...especially was he interested in the fate of " Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footed Achilles." So with small food and much of Homer and the accordeon, a week passed over the heads of the outcasts. The sun again forsook them, and again from... | |
| Bret Harte - 1906 - 484 strani
...fate of " Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footed Achilles." dion, a week passed over the heads of the outcasts. The...the snowflakes were sifted over the land. Day by day closet around them drew the snowy circle, until at last they looked from their prison over drifted... | |
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