| John Henry Pepper - 1869 - 722 lehte
...of hearing it sing. A friend of mine kept one for six days. It was lively only for one or two days, and then its loud note could be heard from one end...was able to procure. " It is a member of the family Locustida, a group intermediate between the crickets (Achelidn) and the grasshoppers (Acridiida). The... | |
| Émile Erckmann - 1873 - 330 lehte
...but don't talk about — poor harmless old man who wouldn't kill a flea ! " Her voice was shrill and could be heard from one end of the village to the other, but there was no stopping her, and she stood with fists doubled, shaking them at Monsieur Jean's house.... | |
| 1873 - 842 lehte
...but don't talk about — poor harmless old man who wouldn't kill a flea ! " Her voice was shrill and could be heard from one end of the village to the other, but there was no stopping her, and she stood with fists doubled, shaking them at Monsieur Jean's house.... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1875 - 520 lehte
...his right arm, swung his long whip-stock and longer lash twice above his head, and gave a crack that could be heard from one end of the village to the other. The horses thereupon broke into a gallop, and whirled the coach with its passengers and its mountain... | |
| John Henry Pepper - 1877 - 764 lehte
...of hearing it sing. A friend of mine kept one for six days. It was lively only for one or two days, and then its loud note could be heard from one end...was able to procure. " It is a member of the family Locustidce, a group intermediate between the crickets (Achelida) and the grasshoppers (Acridiida).... | |
| Henry Walter Bates - 1880 - 168 lehte
...natives capture •one, they keep it in a wicker-work cage for the sake of liearing it sing. A friend of mine kept one six days. It was lively only for...was able to procure. It is a member of the family Locustidffi, a group intermediate between the Crickets (Achetidse) and the Grasshoppers (Acridiidse).... | |
| Henry Walter Bates - 1880 - 176 lehte
...natives capture •one, they keep it in a wicker-work cage for -the sake of hearing it sing. A friend of •mine kept one six days. It was lively only for...was able to procure. . It is a member of the family Locustidœ, a group intermediate between the Crickets (Achetidœ) and the Grasshoppers (Acridiidœ).... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1894 - 542 lehte
...his right arm, swung his long whip-stock and longer lash twice above his head, and gave a crack that could be heard from one end of the village to the other. The horses thereupon broke into a gallop, and whirled the coach with its passengers and its mountain... | |
| 1904 - 706 lehte
...The little bell, suspended in the tower, sounded the first vespers of the feast, its silver tongue could be heard from one end of the village to the other, and its echoes came back from far out at sea. The heavens were particularly beautiful ; the Southern... | |
| Georges Bernanos - 2000 - 288 lehte
...on Wednesdays, the grinding and caterwauling of brakes on the carts heading for the market at Fruges could be heard from one end of the village to the other. As though heavensent, that plaintive shriek now rose behind Monsieur Ouine. It came through the fine,... | |
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