 ... and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange,...  The Sketch Book - Page 420by Washington Irving - 1843 - 446 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush to bush, and tree to... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 490 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard AA 2 from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be heard AA 2 from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of oranage, pturple, and seawlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory nats, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighbouring, stubble field. The small... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of 'the quail at intervals from the neighbouring stubble field.... | |
 | American literature - 1836 - 342 pages
...tenderer kind had bcen nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beach and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighbouring stubble... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brUliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness oi' their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush to bush, and tree to tree, capricious... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 482 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble-field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble-field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of onuige, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance...pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble-field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of... | |
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