Sandford and Merton : in words of one syllable (1800)
Day, Thomas, 1748-1789, Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864 · New York : McLoughlin Brother's, Publishers · leaf 59
quite safe. The next thing to bedone was to put a roof on—for till now, their househad none; so they put longpoles to rest on the tops ofthe four walls, and on thesethey laid straw; and theythought now that the housewould be snug and dry. By and by the rain camedown hard on it, and theboys were… … Hal and Tom resi by the Fire in the poor Dales Cot. SAND FORD AND MERTON. 49 no more, and went in doorsto talk of what they shoulddo. The top should havemore straw, said Tom. No, said Hal, thatsnot it; it must be that ourroof is too flat; for youknow all roofs slant, thatthe rain may run off…
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