 Give me the clear blue sky over my head and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner — and then to thinking! It is hard if I cannot start some game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing...  The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson... - Pagina 153door Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road...game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point of yonder rolling cloud, I plunge into my past being, and revel there,... | |
 | 1822 - 600 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road...game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point of yonder rolling cloud, I plunge into my past being, and revel there,... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me nave a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road...game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point of yonder rolling cloud, I plunge into my past being, and revel there,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road...game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point of yonder rolling cloud, I plunge into my past being, and revel there,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road...game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point of yonder rolling cloud, I plunge into my past being, and revel there,... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road...dinner — and then to thinking ! It is hard if I eannot start some game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 pagina’s
...over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence. Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and! the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a \ '• three hours' march to dinneor — and then to thinking ! It is hard . if I cannot start some game on these lone heaths. I... | |
 | 1911 - 994 pagina’s
...horse-artillery, and discharged forthwith a volley of quotation : — ' Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner. ... I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy.' The wise man scoffs at such; his legs cry out for mercy;... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1876 - 832 pagina’s
...own confession, from his essay On Going a Journey, which is so good that there should be a tax levied on all who have not read it : — " Give me the clear...green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, ajid a three hours' march to dinner — and then to thinking ! It is hard if I cannot start some game... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1867 - 328 pagina’s
...elbowroom and fewer incumbrances. .... Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green lurf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three...game on these lone heaths. I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing for joy. From the point of yonder rolling cloud I plunge into my past being, and revel there,... | |
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