From a New England Hillside: Notes from UnderledgeMacmillan and Company, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... branch of witch hazel above my piano . The dry air of the room has rapidly matured the last year's fruit , and the shells opening from time to time with a snap , send the seed scurrying across the room to find an uncongenial resting ...
... branch of witch hazel above my piano . The dry air of the room has rapidly matured the last year's fruit , and the shells opening from time to time with a snap , send the seed scurrying across the room to find an uncongenial resting ...
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... branch and branch until you are quite sure you do not know where you are . And the clouds cover the moon , and the darkness grows apace , and the shadows deepen about you ; and you hear no sound save the katydids and crickets . We have ...
... branch and branch until you are quite sure you do not know where you are . And the clouds cover the moon , and the darkness grows apace , and the shadows deepen about you ; and you hear no sound save the katydids and crickets . We have ...
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... the greatest pleas- ures of which the leafy summer deprives us , the sight of the graceful stems and branches of the trees , with all their wonderful variety of angle and curve , of rugged strength and 32 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE .
... the greatest pleas- ures of which the leafy summer deprives us , the sight of the graceful stems and branches of the trees , with all their wonderful variety of angle and curve , of rugged strength and 32 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE .
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... branches , the sharp spines of the honey locust - a veritable " monkey puzzle " or natural cat - teazer , and the cork- winged twigs of the liquidamber . And over the hillsides is that delicate warm glow of the young branches of this ...
... branches , the sharp spines of the honey locust - a veritable " monkey puzzle " or natural cat - teazer , and the cork- winged twigs of the liquidamber . And over the hillsides is that delicate warm glow of the young branches of this ...
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... branches of the trees soon shake off its downy flakes , and , look- ing athwart the landscape , the pure white spaces form but a minor part of the whole scene , broken by house and fence and woodland , which are clearly outlined against ...
... branches of the trees soon shake off its downy flakes , and , look- ing athwart the landscape , the pure white spaces form but a minor part of the whole scene , broken by house and fence and woodland , which are clearly outlined against ...
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