The Red Eric; or, The whaler's last cruise. A tale (1883)
Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott · leaf 152
altogether, and thegloom of a forest before sunrise is not calculatedto elevate the spirits. Be this as it may, it is afact that when Ailie was awakened on the fol-lowing morning about daybreak, and told to getup, she felt sulky — positively and unmistakablysulky! We do not say that she looked… … BRIANT IMITATES THE BIRDS. TK \K THE TRADER KILLS A CROCODILE. 145 that life in the wild woods is all delightful to-gether. There are shadows as well as lightsthere — some of them, alas! so deep that wewould not like even to refer to them while writ-ing in a sportive vein. But it is also a fact,…
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