 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...unf1nished. Harsher weather, and frosty mornings, would have quickened it's operations. No part of it's ucson bar that I cannot recommend. You may be getting...only the Antarctic, the deserts are the least inha best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1879 - 1642 pages
...expresses with regard to rain ; for though it has a shell which would secure it against the wheels of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings and running its head up in a corner.' And he goes... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1850 - 780 pages
...timidity it always eipresses with regard to rain ; and though it has a shell that would secure it against a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the tirât sprinklings, and running iU head up in a corner. If attended... | |
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No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a... 
