From a New England Hillside: Notes from UnderledgeMacmillan and Company, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... snow had fallen , and each leaf and blade of grass was bor- dered with a delicate fringe of spicular crys- tals and encrusted with a coat of gems . The pools were frozen over , and here and there on the roadsides the ice took curious ...
... snow had fallen , and each leaf and blade of grass was bor- dered with a delicate fringe of spicular crys- tals and encrusted with a coat of gems . The pools were frozen over , and here and there on the roadsides the ice took curious ...
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... snow covers the ground , in some places crusted over firmly enough to sustain one's weight by the freezing after Sunday's rain . " White as the driven snow " is the received expression to describe that which 34 FROM A NEW ENGLAND ...
... snow covers the ground , in some places crusted over firmly enough to sustain one's weight by the freezing after Sunday's rain . " White as the driven snow " is the received expression to describe that which 34 FROM A NEW ENGLAND ...
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Notes from Underledge William Potts. snow " is the received expression to describe that which is perfectly spotless , and noth- ing is conceivable which in ... snow spreads a spotless , unbroken sheet FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE . 35.
Notes from Underledge William Potts. snow " is the received expression to describe that which is perfectly spotless , and noth- ing is conceivable which in ... snow spreads a spotless , unbroken sheet FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE . 35.
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Notes from Underledge William Potts. paths that the snow spreads a spotless , unbroken sheet . On the open fields and pastures it is broken by the stems of the wild roses , bearing their brilliant red hips , the hardhack , the wild ...
Notes from Underledge William Potts. paths that the snow spreads a spotless , unbroken sheet . On the open fields and pastures it is broken by the stems of the wild roses , bearing their brilliant red hips , the hardhack , the wild ...
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... snow - covered wood - paths , and the rocky hillsides of the country . A great portion of our reading and thinking people , or those whom we deem such , seem to have become cockney to the core . In nothing perhaps is the modern tendency ...
... snow - covered wood - paths , and the rocky hillsides of the country . A great portion of our reading and thinking people , or those whom we deem such , seem to have become cockney to the core . In nothing perhaps is the modern tendency ...
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