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... sound of a hunting - horn were common- place in the busy city streets . Fox - hunting , for the moment , is much curtailed , but John Peel winds his horn as lustily as ever and will continue to do so . D'ye ken John Peel with his coat ...
... sound of a hunting - horn were common- place in the busy city streets . Fox - hunting , for the moment , is much curtailed , but John Peel winds his horn as lustily as ever and will continue to do so . D'ye ken John Peel with his coat ...
Page 154
... sound of hoofs dies to faint pulsing in the ears , a shadow of sound . Silence follows , breathless , expectant , broken by the clarion of the start . The rhythm becomes a rhapsody of pounding hoofs , quick - timed , staccato . A black ...
... sound of hoofs dies to faint pulsing in the ears , a shadow of sound . Silence follows , breathless , expectant , broken by the clarion of the start . The rhythm becomes a rhapsody of pounding hoofs , quick - timed , staccato . A black ...
Page 307
... sound of two or three snores twining together . The woman handed him a bowl of tor- tillas . She was a submissive creature , timid and large - eyed . She gazed at his enormous silver spurs , his large and impressive re- volver , with ...
... sound of two or three snores twining together . The woman handed him a bowl of tor- tillas . She was a submissive creature , timid and large - eyed . She gazed at his enormous silver spurs , his large and impressive re- volver , with ...
Contents
In the Beginning | 5 |
The Country of the Houyhnhnms | 13 |
Baron Munchausen Acquires A Horse | 29 |
Copyright | |
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