 It was very evident too, from the dryness of the snow, and the brittleness of the twigs, which snapped off as he brushed his way through the thickets, that the weather was intensely cold; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from his brow....  Stories of American Life - Page 10edited by - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American fiction - 1845 - 452 pages
...which snapped off as he brushed his way through the thickets, that the weather was intensely cold ; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from...these contradictions in the aspect of nature ; and began to consider what act of wickedness he had been guilty of, which could have rendered him so hateful,... | |
 | James Hall - 1849 - 194 pages
...which snapped off as he brushed his way through the thickets, that the weather was intensely cold ; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from...these contradictions in the aspect of nature ; and began to consider what act of wickedness he had been guilly of, which could have rendered him so hateful,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...which snapped off as he brushed his way through the thickets, that the weather was intensely cold ; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from...brow. He stopped at a clear spring, and thrusting hie hands into the cold water, attempted to carry a portion to his lips ; but the element recoiled... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1859 - 690 pages
...thickets, that the weather was intensely cold ; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from bis brow. He stopped at a clear spring, and thrusting...into the cold water, attempted to carry a portion to his lips ; but the element recoiled and hissed, as if his hands and lips had been composed of red... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - Wit and humor - 1867 - 674 pages
...stopped at a clear spring, and thrusting his hantln into the cold water, attempted to carry a portion to his lips ; but the element recoiled and hissed,...these contradictions in the aspect of nature ; and began to consider what act of wickedness he had been guilty of which could have rendered him 60 hateful,... | |
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