Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 126
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… … Matthew made a fire, and we prepared to passthe night there. I cannot easily make those of my readers,who have always lived in cities or towns,understand the pleasure of sleeping in th- 106 WIT BOUGHT. \voods, with no roof but the sky. Perhapsmost persons would think this a hardship,and so it would…
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