 ... perfectly concealed what lay beneath. "I'm not very keen to tackle that," Mather muttered, halting at the edge of the tangle. "Too tough to smash through, and not quite tough enough to walk on — I've tried ground cane before." He looked back at...  Vassall Morton: A Novel - Seite 163von Francis Parkman - 1856 - 414 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...about his business ; but he might as well have tried to look an image of brass out of countenance. " Now /," pursued the small man, " have some reason...about six of one and half a dozen of the other. I consider myself a gone sucker. I've ben going, going, for about two years, and pretty soon I expect... | |
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...Throw. As between the Generous Young Fellow who is Flat and the Moneyed Man who never Comes Up, it is about Six of one and Half a Dozen of the other. I think you are tied up with a couple of Frosty Ones. Auntie's Advice would be to pull down the Blinds... | |
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...I've tried ground cane before." He looked back at the pitch he had just descended and shook his head. "About six of one and half a dozen of the other, I guess. Damned if I'll shin up that ridge again. Can't work around the edge of this bamboo, either —... | |
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...I've tried ground cane before." He looked back at the pitch he had just descended and shook his head. "About six of one and half a dozen of the other, I guess. Damned if I'll shin up that ridge again. Can't work around the edge of this bamboo, either —... | |
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...I've tried ground cane before." He looked back at the pitch he had just descended and shook his head. "About six of one and half a dozen of the other, I guess. Damned if I'll shin up that ridge again. Can't work around the edge of this bamboo, either —... | |
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