Apples by Night: StoriesJonathan Cape, 1932 - 314 pages |
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... leaf , now brinking high above one of the many lakes , now low through reefs of tumbled moor- stones that were like great ... leaves of a magic crop were flapping rhythmically in sunken acres . Bracken and cotton - grass fringed them all ...
... leaf , now brinking high above one of the many lakes , now low through reefs of tumbled moor- stones that were like great ... leaves of a magic crop were flapping rhythmically in sunken acres . Bracken and cotton - grass fringed them all ...
Page 243
... leaves climbing slowly to earth by invisible stairways . Distant plumes of clematis looked like the spray of unseen fountains . Autumn was warming itself at many fires . Great hot waves of bracken stretched endlessly . The elms were ...
... leaves climbing slowly to earth by invisible stairways . Distant plumes of clematis looked like the spray of unseen fountains . Autumn was warming itself at many fires . Great hot waves of bracken stretched endlessly . The elms were ...
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... Leaves scurried as with sudden fear . A strange sulphurous smell pressed upon the Knoll . Great icy raindrops fell , breaking the hold of ripe leaves , striking down fronds of fern . Lightning flickered and I gripped the beech trunk in ...
... Leaves scurried as with sudden fear . A strange sulphurous smell pressed upon the Knoll . Great icy raindrops fell , breaking the hold of ripe leaves , striking down fronds of fern . Lightning flickered and I gripped the beech trunk in ...
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