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Chauncey Judd: Longmeadow Brook
Gunn's Barn Pursuit from Bethany Longmeadow Brook The breakfast in the barn was dispatched speedily and in silence; and then Graham, drawing his pipe from his pocket, and lighting it…Brewer's: Out of the Wood
“You are not out of the wood yet,” not yet out of danger. “Don't shout till you are out of the wood,” do not think yourself safe till you are quite clear of the threatened danger. When…Brewer's: Halloo when out of the Wood
or Never halloo till you are out of the wood. Never think you are safe from the attacks of robbers till you are out of the forest. “Call no man happy till he is dead.” “Many a slip 'twixt…Brewer's: Lob
A till. Hence lob-sneak, one who robs the till; and lob-sneaking, robbing tills. (See next article.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lob's PoundLoaves and…Down the Pacific Slope
Chapter 14 Chapter 16 Down the Pacific Slope The early days of October were spent in making preparations for the descent of the river,--the Kooskooskee. Here they made their…Lewis & Clark: Down the Pacific Slope
by NoahBrooks Across the Great DivideDown the Columbia to TidewaterDown the Pacific Slope The early days of October were spent in making preparations for the descent…Transcendental Wild Oats
A Chapter from an Unwritten RomanceLouisa May AlcottDecember 18, 1873On the first day of June, 184—, a large wagon, drawn by a small horse and containing a motley load, went lumbering over…Naughty Nan
Naughty Nan"Fritz, I've got a new idea," cried Mrs. Bhaer, as she met her husband one day after school. "Well, my dear, what is it?" and he waited willingly to hear the new plan, for some of…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Lost Joy
by EmilyDickinsonLost FaithXXXVIIILost Joy Lost Joy I had a daily bliss I half indifferent viewed, Till sudden I perceived it stir, — It grew as I pursued, Till when, around a crag…The Problem of Concurrent Taxation
The Problem of Concurrent Taxationby The following speech by Patrick Henry was delivered to the Virginia ratifying convention, June 5, 1788.See also Federalist No. 34I never will give up the…Trending
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