Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 54
now beat in hisbreast! But, alas! he was bound to abriefer and more inglorious destiny! We pursued our way up the valley, loth toleave the course of the rivulet; for there is afascination about running water that few canresist—there is a beauty in it which enchantsthe eye—a companionship like that… … WIT BOUGHT. ravine, leading to a lake from which, thestream tumbled over a rugged and precip-itous rock. The objects that first presented them-selves., as we approached the lake, were awoodpecker sounding his watchmans rattleon the dry limb of a tree that projectedover the water, by way of warning…
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