 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 pages
...high in the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 52 pages
...on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet....hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at 630 intervals from the neighboring stubble-fieid. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets.... | |
 | 1885 - 544 pages
...on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple and scarlet....birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush to bush and tree to tree,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 pages
...on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet....birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush to bush, and tree to tree,... | |
 | 1890 - 864 pages
...the frosts imo brilliant dy»M of orange, purple, and starlet. Streaming flle-i of wild d-.oks begun to make their appearance high in the air ; the bark of the iqinrrel might * e heard from ti e groves of Ьз« ch and hickory nuts, and the pen-ive w'ii-tle of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet....squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble field.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 278 pages
...on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet....squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble field.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 pages
...some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orangepurple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to...squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble field.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 pages
...high in the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild-ducks began to make their appearance high in the air ; the...birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush to bush and tree to tree,... | |
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It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day ; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the... 
