The whole country is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no corner to get into, is the laughingstock of the others. Fancy that... Eve Effingham: Sequel to Homeward Bound - Pagina 76de James Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 287 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1838 - 936 pagini
...neighbourhood." " A dozen years, Ned ! You name an age. Speak of three or four, if you wish to find anything in America where you left it ! The whole country is...that I can only liken it to that game of children, which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no corner to get into, is the... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 526 pagini
...neighborhood." " A dozen years, Ned ! You name an age. Speak of three or four, if you wish to find anything in America where you left it ! The whole country is...constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1800 - 510 pagini
...neighborhood." " A dozen years, Ned ! You name an age. Speak of three or four, if you wish to find anything in America where you left it! The whole country is...constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1873 - 528 pagini
...neighborhood." " A dozen years, Ned ! You name an age. Speak of three or four, if you wish to find anything in America where you left it ! The whole country is...constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1892 - 742 pagini
...left it ! The whole country is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner,...another runs into it, and he that finds no corner tp get into is the laughing-stock of the others. Fancy that dwelling the residence of one man from... | |
| Marvin Meyers - 1960 - 324 pagini
...and the Leatherstocking its legend of presocial virtue. "The whole country," John Effingham remarks, "is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner another runs into it, and he that finds no... | |
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