The experience of the trapper was in the right. As the fire gained strength and heat, it began to spread on three sides, dying of itself on the fourth, for want of aliment. As it increased, and the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything... The Prairie: A Tale - Page 339by James Fenimore Cooper - 1871 - 526 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...scorch so easily ? — your gran'ther had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see ; we shall all live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 494 pages
...you scorch so easily ? yourgran'ther had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see ; we shall all live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 484 pages
...scorch so easily ? your gran'ther had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see ; we shall all live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1860 - 536 pages
...you scorch so easily? your gran'ther had a tougher skin But we shall live to see; we shall all live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the right. As the fire gained strength anil heat it began to spread on three sides, dying of itself on the fourth, for want of aliment. As... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...scorch so easily ? Your grandfather had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see, — we shall all live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1865 - 578 pages
...you scorch so easily? your gran'ther had a tougher skin But we shall live to see; we shall al? live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...dying of itself on the fourth, for want of aliment. As k increased, and the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared every thing before it, leaving... | |
| George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...scorch so easily? Your grandfather had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see, — we shall ALL live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...scorch BO easily ? Your grandfather had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see, — we shall ALL live to see." The experience of the trapper was in the...three sides, dying of itself on the fourth for want of aliment.28 As it increased, and the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before... | |
| Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 446 pages
...? Your grandfather had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see, — we shall all live to see." 22. The experience of the trapper was in the right. As...the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked, than if the scythe had swept... | |
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