 ... night; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves; and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and others swelling, and cooing, and...  Complete Works - Page 415by Washington Irving - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1912 - 356 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 400 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like... | |
 | Steadman Vincent Sanford, Peter Franklin Brown - 1914 - 362 pages
...the rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in the adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the... | |
 | 1914 - 442 pages
...rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, 3o some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...dames, were enjoying the sunshine on the roof. Sleek, unwieldly -porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, from whence sallied forth... | |
 | 1914 - 304 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms, and others...cooing, and bowing about their dames, were enjoying * Or Zaandam, a town of Holland near Amsterdam. the sunshine on the roof. Sleek unwieldy porkers were... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and Guinea fowls fretting about it, like... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 pages
...heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and others, swelling, and cooing, and bowing 30 about their dames, were enjoying the sunshine on the...grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, from whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1916 - 422 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms, and others,...and abundance of their pens, whence sallied forth, noand then, troops of sucking pigs as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman - 1916 - 346 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, from whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Everett Hale, Washington Irving, Francis Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain - 1917 - 616 pages
...and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and...an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like illtempered... | |
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