Annals of a Fishing Village: Drawn from the Notes of "A Son of the Marshes"W. Blackwood, 1891 - 289 páginas |
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... weather , and he looks carefully at his reed - thatched house , if he lives in some nook or corner of the flats . He takes precautions that would seem strange to dwellers in towns , and prepares for the worst . His long duck - gun in ...
... weather , and he looks carefully at his reed - thatched house , if he lives in some nook or corner of the flats . He takes precautions that would seem strange to dwellers in towns , and prepares for the worst . His long duck - gun in ...
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... weather was too rough for him to be allowed to go out of doors . One happy day he was shown the two volumes of the ' Tower Menagerie , ' the figures of animals there having been drawn , as he was told , by the best animal - painter of ...
... weather was too rough for him to be allowed to go out of doors . One happy day he was shown the two volumes of the ' Tower Menagerie , ' the figures of animals there having been drawn , as he was told , by the best animal - painter of ...
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... weather , to feed on the mussels , cockles , and small crabs that were to be found in profusion in the creek . They dived for these ; shell - fish in all stages of growth were found there . It was the young tender shell - fish they fed ...
... weather , to feed on the mussels , cockles , and small crabs that were to be found in profusion in the creek . They dived for these ; shell - fish in all stages of growth were found there . It was the young tender shell - fish they fed ...
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... weather be what it might — with the grebes in winter plumage , from the great to the little grebe , —these , with the mergansers , went under the one comprehensive title of sprat - divers . The gulls were there in full force ; the great ...
... weather be what it might — with the grebes in winter plumage , from the great to the little grebe , —these , with the mergansers , went under the one comprehensive title of sprat - divers . The gulls were there in full force ; the great ...
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... weather was too rough for them to feed on the main shore , they would feed in the creek , evening , night , or morning , according as the tide served . When this was the case , the shore - shooters would lay their heads together , to ...
... weather was too rough for them to feed on the main shore , they would feed in the creek , evening , night , or morning , according as the tide served . When this was the case , the shore - shooters would lay their heads together , to ...
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Annals of a Fishing Village: Drawn from the Notes of "A Son of the Marshes" Denham Jordan Visualização integral - 1891 |
Annals of a Fishing Village: Drawn from the Notes of "A Son of the Marshes" Denham Jordan Visualização integral - 1891 |
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