 I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village ; for we slept with the windows open, which were inside the grating. It was to see my native village in the light of the Middle Ages, and our Concord was turned into...  The Life of Henry David Thoreau: By H. S. Salt - Page 100by Henry S. Salt - 1890 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry David Thoreau - Civil disobedience - 1866 - 314 pages
...but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp. It was like travelling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village ; for we slept... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...history and a gossip which never circulated beyond the walls of the jail. . . . It was like travelling into a far country, such as I had never expected to behold, to be there for one night It seemed to me that I had never heard the town clock strike before, nor the... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - Canada - 1881 - 774 pages
...me to blow out the light." His further impressions are thus detailed : — "It was like travelling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village ; for we slept... | |
 | George Stewart - 1882 - 44 pages
...me to blow out the light." His further impressions are thus detailed : — " It was like travelling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village ; for we slept... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Slavery - 1890 - 158 pages
...but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp. It was like travelling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village ; for we slept... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 pages
...but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp. It was like traveling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor th» evening sounds of the village ; for we slept... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 454 pages
...but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp. It was like traveling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town -clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village ; for we slept... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 pages
...but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp. It was like traveling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village; for we slept with... | |
 | 1895 - 610 pages
...left me to blow out the light." His further impressions are thus detailed : " It was like travelling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...night. It seemed to me that I had never heard the town clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village, for we slept with the windows open,... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1898 - 462 pages
...but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp. It was like traveling into a far country, such as I had never expected to...to lie there for one night. It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village; for we slept with... | |
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