Charles Lee
Dorinda's Birthday: A Cornish Idyll
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Jan. 31, 2018)
Excerpt from Dorinda's Birthday: A Cornish Idyll
Here, you would say, Nature has decreed that life should go to a gay and trivial tune - the selfsame tune that the stream babbles as it curves a protecting arm about the spot. Your approach from the road is by way of a green Wicket-gate, through a small orchard Of old apple trees, and over the stream by a plank bridge. Then you have before you a row of three white-washed, brown-thatched cottages. Fuchsias bloom by the doors without; geraniums flatten their faces against the panes within. There is a Wholesome smell of wood-smoke in the air, and through the tangle of bird-songs - nowhere do throstle and robin sing so sweetly and persistently - you hear now and again that most comfortable of natural sounds, the grunting of a well-fed pig.
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Here, you would say, Nature has decreed that life should go to a gay and trivial tune - the selfsame tune that the stream babbles as it curves a protecting arm about the spot. Your approach from the road is by way of a green Wicket-gate, through a small orchard Of old apple trees, and over the stream by a plank bridge. Then you have before you a row of three white-washed, brown-thatched cottages. Fuchsias bloom by the doors without; geraniums flatten their faces against the panes within. There is a Wholesome smell of wood-smoke in the air, and through the tangle of bird-songs - nowhere do throstle and robin sing so sweetly and persistently - you hear now and again that most comfortable of natural sounds, the grunting of a well-fed pig.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 1333756402 / 9781333756406
- Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 13.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.6 in.
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