 ... even that the child would survive; side bets as to the sex and complexion of the coming stranger. In the midst of an excited discussion an exclamation came from those nearest the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning...  Stories and Poems - Stran 57avtor: Bret Harte - 1915 - 638 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1928 - 480 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river and the crackling of the fire, rose a...its feet as one man ! It was proposed to explode a barrel of gunpowder, but, in consideration of the situation of the mother, better counsels prevailed,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 276 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crackling of the fire, rose...its feet as one man ! It was proposed to explode a barrel of gunpowder, but, in consideration of the situation of the mother, better counsels prevailed,... | |
 | william blackwood - 1871 - 810 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crackling of the fire, rose...listen too. "The camp rose to its feet as one man." When the next step in the story comes, and the loungers are admitted to see the new-born creature,... | |
 | 1871 - 818 strani
...moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the erackling of the fire, rose a sharp, qnerulous cry — a cry unlike anything heard before in the camp. The pines stopped moaning, the river ccased to rush, and the fire to crackle. H seemed as if nature had stopped to lUU-n too. "The camp... | |
 | Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 236 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crackling of the fire, rose a sharp, querulous cry. The pines stopped moaning, the river ceased to rush, and the fire to crackle. It seemed as if Nature... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crackling of the fire, rose...its feet as one man ! It was proposed to explode a barrel of gunpowder, but, in consideration of the situation of the mother, better counsels prevailed,... | |
 | 1873 - 660 strani
...agony, solicitude, and dissolution, when " above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crackling of the fire, rose a sharp, querelous cry — a 'cry unlike anything heard before in camp. The pines stopped moaning, the river... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crackling of the fire, rose...its feet as one man. It was proposed to explode a barrel of gunpowder ; but, in consideration of the mother, better counsels prevailed, and only a few... | |
 | 1876 - 550 strani
...the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of the river, ' and the crackling of the fire, rose...listen too. " The camp rose to its feet as one man. ..." Can he live now ?' was asked of Stumpy. The answer was doubtful. The only other being of Cherokee... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1882 - 434 strani
...pines, the swift rush of the river, and the erackling of the fire rose a sharp, querulous ery,—a ery unlike anything heard before in the camp. The pines...moaning, the river ceased to rush, and the fire to erackle. It seemed as if Nature had stopped to listen too. The camp rose to its feet as one man! It... | |
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