Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young (1887)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York : John D. Williams · leaf 54
ompanionship like that of life,and which no other inanimate thing affords.And of all brooks, this that I now describewas to me the sweetest. After proceeding a considerable distance,the valley became narrowed down to a rocky THE LAKE. 41 ravine, and the stream tumbled over a ruggedand precipitous… … It was surrounded on three sides by tallcliffs, whose dark, shaggy forms, in contrast,gave a silver brilliancy and beauty to themirror-like water that lay at their feet. Theother side of the lake was bounded by a WIT BOUGHT. sandy space, of small extent, in the centreof which stood a lofty tree.…
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