A few paces from the cabin there was a rough enclosure, which, in the brief days of Tennessee's Partner's matrimonial felicity, had been used as a garden, but was now overgrown with fern. As we approached it we were surprised to find that what we had... The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches - Stran 68avtor: Bret Harte - 1871 - 256 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 strani
...not have been a cheerful place. The unpicturesque site, the rude and unlovely outlines, the unsavoury details, which distinguish the nest-building of the...to speech ; and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant. " When a man," began Tennessee's Partner, slowly, " has... | |
| John Nichol - 1882 - 492 strani
...where the broken soil, about an open grave, is mistaken • for a recent attempt at cultivation — " The cart was halted before the enclosure ; 'and rejecting...to speech ; and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant. " ' When a man,' began Tennessee's Partner, slowly, ' has... | |
| John Nichol - 1882 - 496 strani
...place where the broken soil, about an open grave, is mistaken for a recent attempt at cultivation — " The cart was halted before the enclosure ; and rejecting...to speech ; and they disposed themselves variously on stumps ami boulders, and sat expectant. " ' When a man,' began Tennessee's Partner, slowly, ' has... | |
| John Nichol - 1882 - 528 strani
...Tennessee's Partner lifted the rough coffin on his back, and deposited it unaided, within the shallou- grave. He then nailed down the board which served...This the crowd felt was a preliminary to speech ; and PIONEER IDYLLS. 443 they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant. "... | |
| Bret Harte - 1882 - 434 strani
...air of simple selfreliance he had displayed throughout, Tennessee's Partner lifted the rouyh coflin on his back, and deposited it unaided within the shallow...mounting the little mound of earth beside it, took oil' his hat and slowly moplx.'d his face with his handkerchief. This the erowd felt was a preliminary... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 700 strani
...outskirts of Sandy Bar were reached, and the solitary cabin of Tennessee's Partner. 1861-88] [1861-88 see's Partner's matrimonial felicity, had been used as a...to speech ; and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and bowlders, and sat expectant. " When a man," began Tennessee's Partner, slowly, " has... | |
| Bret Harte - 1903 - 292 strani
...here, with the dreariness of decay superadded. A few paces from the cabin there was a rough enclpsure, which, in the brief days of Tennessee's Partner's...to speech; and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant. " When a man," began Tennessee's Partner slowly, " has been... | |
| Robert Ford - 1893 - 148 strani
...outriders, until the outskirts of Sandy Bar were reached, and the solitary cabin of Tennessee's Partner. A few paces from the cabin there was a rough enclosure,...to speech, and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant. " When a man," began Tennessee's Partner slowly, " has been... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 462 strani
...had been used as a garden, but was now overgrown with fern. As we approached it, we were eurprised to find that what we had taken for a recent attempt...to speech ; and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant. ',When a man," began Tennessee's Partner, slowly, "has been... | |
| Robert Ford - 1897 - 340 strani
...section of sluicing) on his back, and deposited it unaided in a shallow grave dug by himself beforehand. He then nailed down the board which served as a lid,...face with his handkerchief. This, the crowd felt, was preliminary to a speech, and they disposed themselves variously on stumps and boulders, and sat expectant.... | |
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