por admin | Abr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
The field mouse, now that it was freed from its enemy, stopped short; and coming slowly up to the Woodman it said, in a squeaky little voice: Oh, thank you! Thank you ever so much for saving my life. Don’t speak of it, I beg of you, replied the Woodman. I have...
por admin | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
What wonder, then, that these Nantucketers, born on a beach, should take to the sea for a livelihood! They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and...
por admin | Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Were this world an endless plain, and by sailing eastward we could for ever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage. But in pursuit of those far mysteries we...
por admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Byfleet was in a tumult; people packing, and a score of hussars, some of them dismounted, some on horseback, were hunting them about. Three or four black government waggons, with crosses in white circles, and an old omnibus, among other vehicles, were being loaded in...
por admin | Nov 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
«What can I do for you?» she inquired softly, for she was moved by the sad voice in which the man spoke. Get an oil-can and oil my joints,» he answered. They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again. You...
por admin | Nov 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
The boat was now all but jammed between two vast black bulks, leaving a narrow Dardanelles between their long lengths. But by desperate endeavor we at last shot into a temporary opening; then giving way rapidly, and at the same time earnestly watching for another...
