 Providence would never permit the race of man 6 to discover them. It would rob life of one of its principal attractions, and make fishing altogether too easy to be interesting. Fisherman's luck is so notorious that it has passed into a proverb. But the...  The Works of Henry Van Dyke - Sida 7efter Henry Van Dyke - 1920Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James R. Creecy - 1860 - 304 sidor
...severely lacerated, thoroughly coated with tar, and a large bag of feathers were glued to his person, from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet! That night, late, his friends (for a man worth twenty thousand dollars will have friends) took him secretly... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1899 - 294 sidor
...there were such days in the calendar, a kind and firm Providence would never permit the race of man 6 to discover them. It would rob life of one of its...— some Dry Brook, or Southwest Branch of Smith's Bun — with a creel full of trout, and a mind full of grateful recollections of flowers that seemed... | |
 | 1899 - 1010 sidor
...Fisherman's luck is so notorious that it has passed into a proverb. But the fault with that peculiar saying is that it is too short and too narrow to cover...may not be thoroughly wet. But if it should be good, Ije may receive an unearned blessing of abundance not only in his basket, but also in his head and... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1900 - 294 sidor
...firm Providence would never permit the race of man 6 to discover them. It would rob life of one ot its principal attractions, and make fishing altogether...— some Dry Brook, or Southwest Branch of Smith's Knn — with a creel full of trout, and a mind full of grateful recollections of flowers that seemed... | |
 | Stanley John Weyman - 1906 - 406 sidor
...flurried. He was of those who love s to wound but do not love to fight. And at this moment he wished, from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, that he had held his tongue. Bat unluckily, whether the cloud upon Vaughan's reputation were his work or... | |
 | Stanley John Weymann - 1906 - 498 sidor
...flurried. He was of those who love to wound, but do not love to fight. And at this moment he wished from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, that he had held his tongue. But unluckily, whether the cloud upon Vaughan's reputation had been his work... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1906 - 870 sidor
...truth, he was of those who love to wound but do not love to fight. And at this moment he wished, from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, that he had held his tongue. But unluckily, whether the cloud upon Vaughan's reputation were his work or... | |
 | Stanley John Weyman - 1906 - 496 sidor
...flurried. He was of those who love to wound, but do not love to fight. And at this moment he wished from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, that he had held his tongue. But unluckily, whether the cloud upon Vaughan's reputation had been his work... | |
 | 1852 - 636 sidor
...emperor stood there — has my reader over seen a bright-eyed boy at lycenm or theatre, who felt from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet that that was coming off on the boards which onght certainly to be cheered and encored, and who yet waited... | |
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