 | Charles Reade - English fiction - 1856 - 452 pages
...the house, and there George's countenance fell a little, for on the oval grass-plot and gravel walk he found from thirty to forty rough fellows, most...there." Tom looked up, and in a gigantic cage was a light brown bird. He was utterly confounded. " What is it this we came twelve miles to see ? " " Aye... | |
 | English literature - 1857 - 594 pages
...the house, and there George's countenance fell a little, for on the oval grass plot and gravel walk he found from thirty to forty rough fellows, most...there.' Tom looked up, and in a gigantic cage was a light brown bird. He was utterly confounded. ' What, is it this we came twelve miles to see? ' ' Ay!... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pages
...the house and there George's countenance fell a little, for on the oval grass plot and gravel walk he found from thirty to forty rough fellows, most...there." Tom looked up, and in a gigantic cage was a light brown bird. He was utterly confounded. " What ! is it this we came twelve miles to see ? " "Ay... | |
 | Kensington series - 1872 - 232 pages
...the house, and there George's countenance fell a little, for on the oval grass plot and gravel walk he found from thirty to forty rough fellows, most...there." Tom looked up, and in a gigantic cage was a light brown bird. He was utterly confounded. " What ! is it this we came twelve miles to see ? " "... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...grass-plot and gravel-walk he found from thirty to forty rough fellows, most of them diggers. 2. " Ah, well," said he, on reflection, " we could not...up, and in a gigantic cage was a light-brown bird. 3. He was utterly confounded. "What! is it this we came twelve miles to see ? " " Ay ! and twice twelve... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 264 pages
...from thirty to forty rough fellows, most of them diggers. THE LARKS SONG. 7. " Ah, well," said he, " we could not expect to have it all to ourselves ;...is, here it is — there ! " Tom looked up, and in a cage at the window there was a light-brown bird. He was utterly confounded. " What ! is it this we... | |
 | Charles Reade - 1894 - 476 pages
...well ' said he on reflection, ' we could not expect to have it all to ourselves, and indeed it wo'-ild be a sin to wish it you know. Now, Tom, come this...up, and in a gigantic cage was a light-brown bird. He was utterly confounded. ' What is it this we came twelve miles to 896?' ' Ay! and twice twelve wouldn't... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1901 - 272 pages
...said he, on reflection, " we could not expect to have it all to ourselves, and, indeed, it would i5 be a sin to wish it, you know. Now, Tom, come this...up, and in a gigantic cage was a light-brown bird. He was utterly donfounded. "What! is it this we came twelve miles to see ? " 20 "Ay! and twice twelve... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1901 - 272 pages
...said he, on reflection, " we could not expect to have it all to ourselves, and, indeed, it would is be a sin to wish it, you know. Now, Tom, come this...up, and in a gigantic cage was a light-brown bird. He was utterly confounded. " What! is it this we came twelve miles to see ?" 20 " Ay! and twice twelve... | |
 | Charles Reade - 1906 - 750 pages
...middle of them. From the little plantation all the magnificent trees and shrubs of Australia had been excluded with amazing resolution and consistency,...up, and in a gigantic cage was a light-brown bird. He was utterly confounded. " What, is it this we came twelve miles to see ? " ' Ay ! and twice twelve... | |
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Ah ! well," said he, on reflection, " we could not expect to have it all to ourselves, and indeed it would be a sin to wish it, you know. Now, Tom, come this way ; here it is — here it is — there. 
