 In one corner was a stagnant pool of water, surrounding an island of muck; there were several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit; his drooping tail matted,...  Lessons in Language and Grammar - Page 43by Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 pages
...several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit; his drooping...standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide. A wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pages
...several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crestfallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit: his drooping...standing patiently to be rained on. with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...crowded together under a cart, among which was a misérable crest-fallen cock, drenched out of ail life and spirit ; his drooping tail matted, as it were, into a single feather, along which thé water trickled from his back ; near thé cart was a half-dozing cow, chewing thé cud, and standing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 524 pages
...several halfdrowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit ; his drooping...tired of the loneliness of the stable, was poking hia spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves ; an unhappy cur, chained... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 304 pages
...several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit ; his drooping...standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 pages
...several half-drownedfowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit; his drooping...feather, along which the water trickled from his back. 3. Near the cart was a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with... | |
 | 1855 - 506 pages
...together under a cart, among which was a miserable crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life •!,,! spirit, his drooping tail matted, as It were, into...standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse,, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...New York, p. «& fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit; his drooping...cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be ruined on, with wreaths of vapor rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1856 - 478 pages
...under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and ppirit; his drooping tail, matted, as it were, into a single...half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to bo rained on, with wreaths of vapor rising from her reeking hide ; a walleyed horee, tired of the loneliness... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...York, p. 65. fowls crowded together under n cart, among which was a miserable, crest-falle.i cock, drenched out of all life and spirit; his drooping...feather, along which the water trickled from his back ; ncnr the cart was a halfdozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with... | |
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