 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1891 - 1050 strani
...The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece in the water. After taking it out I sat down and began to think...like brass. I recalled to mind all the metals I had ever seen or heard of, but I could find none that resembled this. Suddenly the idea flashed across... | |
 | Rockwell D. Hunt - 1911 - 390 strani
...I was taking my usual walk along the race after shutting off the water, my eye was caught with the glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the...like brass. I recalled to mind all the metals I had ever seen or heard of, but I could find none that resembled this. Suddenly the idea flashed across... | |
 | Everett McNeil - 1926 - 412 strani
...and of the shape of a pea; and felt and looked like gold, only it did not seem to me to be exactly the right color: all the gold coin I had seen was...of a reddish tinge ; this looked more like brass. I looked again in the water and saw another piece and picked that up. Then I sat down on the bank, with... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1928 - 536 strani
...The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece in the water. After taking it out I sat down and began to think...like brass. I recalled to mind all the metals I had ever seen or heard of, but I could find none that resembled this. Suddenly the idea flashed across... | |
 | Gary Noy - 1999 - 492 strani
...The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece in the water. After taking it out, I sat down and began to think...like brass. I recalled to mind all the metals I had ever seen or heard of, but I could find none that resembled this. Suddenly the idea flashed across... | |
 | Kenneth N. Owens - 2005 - 404 strani
...gold. The piece was about half the size and the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece in the water. After taking it out I sat down and began to think...like brass. I recalled to mind all the metals I had ever seen or heard of, but I could find none that resembled this. Suddenly the idea flashed across... | |
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Then I saw another piece in the water. After taking it out I sat down and began to think right hard. I thought it was gold, and yet it did not seem to be of the right color : all the gold coin I had seen was of a reddish tinge ; this looked more like... 