For some time these menaces rang in my ears, and I went on my way with speed. I arrived at the meadow, but the cattle had broken the fence and escaped. It was my duty to carry home the earliest tidings of this accident, but the first suggestion was to... Carwin, the biloquist, and other American tales - Seite 12von Charles Brockden Brown - 1822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1804 - 496 Seiten
...according to my custom, I should stay beyond the period assigned. For some time these menaces rung in my ears, and I went on my way with speed. I arrived...carry home the earliest tidings of this accident, hut the first suggestion was to examine the cause and manner of this escape. The field was bounded... | |
| William Dunlap - 1815 - 480 Seiten
...with severe chastise.' ment, if, according to my custom, I should stay beyond the period assigned. 201 had broken the fence and escaped. It was my duty to...cause and manner of this escape. The field was bounded bv cedar railing. Five of these rails were laid horizontally from post to post. The upper one had been... | |
| Charles Brockden Brown - 1977 - 476 Seiten
...according to my custom, I should stay beyond the period assigned. For some time these menaces rung in my ears, and I went on my way with speed. I arrived...suggestion was to examine the cause and manner of this 248 escape. The field was bounded by cedar railing. Five of these rails were laid horizontally from... | |
| David Kazanjian - 2003 - 336 Seiten
...of knowledge" and immediately seeks to understand the accident, to subject it to a reasoned inquiry: "It was my duty to carry home the earliest tidings...was to examine the cause and manner of this escape" (283; my italics). In keeping with his future-leaning "character," Carwin opts for charting the accident... | |
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