 | J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, William Peterfield Trent, Ludwig Lewisohn - 1904 - 418 pages
...other with great •, relerity through a hemp stubble field. The a"ggressor was of the black kind^six^ feet long; the fugitive was a water snake, nearly...soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground,... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 pages
...I looked all around without distinguishing any thing, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks; when to my astonishment, I beheld two snakes of considerable...soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 pages
...I looked all around without distinguishing any thing, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks; when to my astonishment, I beheld two snakes of considerable...soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground,... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott, John Herbert Nelson - 1925 - 302 pages
...noise at some paces distance. I looked all around without distinguishing anything, until I climbed one of my great hemp-stalks; when, to my astonishment,...one pursuing the other, with great celerity, through the hemp-stubble field. The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water-snake... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 pages
...distant. I looked all around without distinguishing anything, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks, when to my astonishment I beheld two snakes of considerable...one pursuing the other with great celerity through a hemp-stubble field. The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake,... | |
 | Teresa A. Goddu - 1997 - 242 pages
...distant. I looked all around without distinguishing anything, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks, when to my astonishment I beheld two snakes of considerable length, the one pursuing the other. . . . The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake, nearly of... | |
 | J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur - 1998 - 292 pages
...noise at some paces distance. I looked all around without distinguishing any thing, until I climbed one of my great hempstalks; when, to my astonishment,...pursuing the other, with great celerity, through a hemp-stubble field. The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water-snake,... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...distant. I looked all around without distinguishing anything, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks, nd connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil...landscape, and especially in the distant line of the hemp-stubble field. The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake,... | |
 | Hector St. Joh Crevecoeur - 2006 - 246 pages
...distant. I looked all around without distinguishing anything, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks; when to my astonishment, I beheld two snakes of considerable...soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground,... | |
 | Hector St. Joh Crevecoeur - 2006 - 302 pages
...distant. I looked all around without distinguishing anything, until I climbed one of my great hemp stalks; when to my astonishment, I beheld two snakes of considerable...soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground,... | |
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The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake, nearly of equal dimensions. They soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails... 
