When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is, began to spend my nights as well as days there, which, by accident, was on Independence day, or the fourth of July, 1845, my house was not finished for winter... The North American Review - Page 4141916Full view - About this book
| Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1882 - 278 pages
...brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough weather-stained boards,... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1893 - 550 pages
...as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first 1 took up my abode in the woods^ that is, began to spend...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough weather-stained boards,... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first 1 took up my abode in the woods, that is, began to spend...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough weather-stained boards,... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1899 - 386 pages
...brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough weather-stained boards,... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - Readers - 1901 - 526 pages
...even White's ' Selborne,' seem dry as a country clergyman's meteorological journal in an old almanac." WHEN first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...there, which, by accident, was on Independence Day, on the fourth of July, 1845, my house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defense against... | |
| George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - English prose literature - 1904 - 504 pages
...brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough weather-stained boards,... | |
| George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - English prose literature - 1904 - 508 pages
...the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first I took up my_abode in the woods, that is, began to spend my nights as...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough weather-stained boards,... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 pages
...even White's ' Selborne,' seem dry as a country clergyman's meteorological journal in an old almanac." WHEN first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...there, which, by accident, was on Independence Day, on the fourth of July, 1845, my house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defense against... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - Natural history - 1904 - 268 pages
...as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbours up. When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...nights as well as days there, which, by accident, was e Pay, onj^ly, 4. 1845, my house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 418 pages
...brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up. When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is,...house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being of rough, weather-stained... | |
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