 We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigour of the game, a buttoned top-coat. They smelled noisomely of blistered tin ; they never burned aright, though they would always burn our fingers...  The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson - Page 247by John Kelman - 1903 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1888 - 824 pages
...luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigor of the game, a buttoned top-coat. They smelled noisomely...bull's-eye under his top-coat asked for nothing more. The fishermen used lanterns about their boats, and it was from them, I suppose, that we had got the... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1892 - 298 pages
...windows with our particular brand of luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigour of the game, a...bull's-eye under his top-coat asked for nothing more. The fishermen used lanterns about their boats, and it was from them, I suppose, that we had got the... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 452 pages
...windows with our particular brand of luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigour of the game, a...bull's-eye under his top-coat asked for nothing more. The fishermen used lanterns about their boats, and it was from them, I suppose, that we had got the... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 644 pages
...luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigor of the game, a buttoned top-coat. They smelled noisomely...though they would always burn our fingers; their use as naught; the pleasure of them merely fanciful; and yet a boy with a bull's-eye under his top-coat... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 628 pages
...luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigor of the game, a buttoned top-coat. They smelled noisomely...though they would always burn our fingers; their use as naught; the pleasure of them merely fanciful; and yet a boy with a bull's-eye under his top-coat... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1897 - 346 pages
...windows with our particular brand of luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigour of the game, a...; the pleasure of them merely fanciful ; and yet a hoy with a bull's-eye under his top-coat asked for nothing more. The fishermen used lanterns about... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1898 - 316 pages
...windows with our particular brand of luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigour of the game, a...bull's-eye under his topcoat asked for nothing more. The fisherman used lanterns about their boats, and it was from them, I suppose, that we had got the... | |
 | William James - 1899 - 328 pages
...luminary. We wore them buckled to the waist upon a cricket belt, and over them, such was the rigor of the game, a buttoned top-coat. They smelled noisomely...bull's-eye under his top-coat asked for nothing more. The fishermen used lanterns about their boats, and it was from them, I suppose, that we had got the... | |
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