Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 125
eep-ing in their tombs—though the birds hadfled, and their happy minstrelsy was heardno more, still there were signs of cheerfulnessaround us. The little woodpeckers werecreeping up and down the hoary oaks, seek- 104 WIT BOUGHT. ing for the worms that had taken winterquarters in the bark Small… … gray squirrels, in vast numbers, were holdingtheir revel upon the walnut and chestnuttrees, occasionally chasing each other, likebirds, among the branches; and now andthen a deer bounded before us, gazed back- DEER. 105 war a for a moment, and then, with his tailand antlered head erect, plunged…
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