The great thing and the essential thing to learn and do is to take the advantage of the currents, whirls, and eddies, so as to sway your boat, and pass from this to that side of the rapids easily. The agreement was, that John should precede me in his... Fur News and Outdoor World - Página 481916Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1853 - 692 páginas
...Invigorated by the prospect of an hour's quiet, I walked forward with elastic step to the ancient hostelry ; but "the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley," and, to my excessive annoyance, the first thing on entering the inn I received was a communication... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 páginas
...with bright hopes of happiness before him, he welcomed his Jean to his home on the Banks of the Nith. But " The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley, An' leave us nonght but grief and pain, For promised joy." You all know his weaknesses, his errors,... | |
| William Henry Harrison Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray - 1869 - 252 páginas
...of which might be expressed thus : " In currents, keep her straight; look out for underlying rocks, and smash your oars before you smash your boat." "...falls by the swift current, darted down the steep decline, and entering side by side, with a mighty leap, the yeasty foam, shot out ahead, and from that... | |
| William Henry Harrison Murray - 1869 - 264 páginas
...of which might be expressed thus : " In currents, keep her straight ; look out for underlying rocks, and smash your oars before you smash your boat." "...my boat, being new and light, beside less heavily leaded than John's, caught at the head of some falls by the swift current, darted down the steep decline,... | |
| 1872 - 800 páginas
...but to swim across and climb the walls with their scaling-ladders, and the castle would be theirs. But " The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley." The moat proved to be dry, and overgrown with thistles. These pierced their bare feet, and extorted... | |
| John Simpson Kidd - 1874 - 114 páginas
...black rye bread of the Dutch and the coarse ration bread, that the very thought of them was nauseating. But the " best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley." So it was with my companion and I. We found our fasting only a preparation for severe hunger, without... | |
| 1876 - 520 páginas
...to these questions, I made every provision last summer that I deemed necessary to their settlement. But " the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley! " Having to leave for Europe just as the worms were entering the ground to pupate, I gave full and... | |
| George Washington Cullum - 1879 - 428 páginas
...Indians and a light corps of Canada militia. On the 25th Hampton thought to grasp his coveted laurels ; but " The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley ; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy." Hampton dispatched Colonel Purdy and the... | |
| George Henry Preble - 1880 - 890 páginas
...enter the city. Her progress down the bay was slow, for causes it is unnecessary here to explain. " The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley," as was proved in this instance. On the 17th of June, the anniversary of Bunker Hill, the Atlanta was met... | |
| George Wallace Melville - 1884 - 592 páginas
...the ship would drift on the coast of Wrangel Land, or to the northeast toward Prince Patrick Land. But " the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley." As we crowded to the west, the ice set in behind and effectually cut off all chances of retreat, unless the... | |
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