 Omega, put their steersmanship to the test ; and, when the leaves are off the trees, it is a curious sight to see the bulky monsters, shining with new boards, whirling around in the swift eddies, and, when caught by the current again, gliding off among...  A L'abri: Or The Tent Pitch'd - Page 128by Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1839 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1849 - 392 pages
...but, as it swells in March, the noise of voices and hammering, coming out from the woods above, warns us of the approach of an ark ; and, at the rate of...who, if they start before the flow is at its top, can not keep their crafts from the shore. A penthouse, barely sufficient for a man to stretch himself... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 396 pages
...swearing phantom of an unfinished barn. At the village they take wheat and pork into the arks, load then- rafts with plank and shingles, and wait for the return...who, if they start before the flow is at its top, can not keep their crafts from the shore. A penthouse, barely sufficient for a man to stretch himself... | |
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...paddles with an adroitness and nonchalance which sufficiently show the character of the class. . . . At the village they take wheat and pork into the arks,...plank and shingles, and wait for the return of the freshets. It is a fact you may not know, that when a river is rising, the middle is the highest, and... | |
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