Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . pages withvaluable information, interlarded with such thin layers ofwisdom, in reflections and quotations, as I could command;and so had I fully intended to perform, when, a subjectcoming up which touched my feelings, off I went pell-mell,?into that absurd episode of the owl! Well, well; perchanceI may learn to do better presently. I think already I dis-cern signs of improvement in my habits and practices as awriter—although it must be co
Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . pages withvaluable information, interlarded with such thin layers ofwisdom, in reflections and quotations, as I could command;and so had I fully intended to perform, when, a subjectcoming up which touched my feelings, off I went pell-mell,?into that absurd episode of the owl! Well, well; perchanceI may learn to do better presently. I think already I dis-cern signs of improvement in my habits and practices as awriter—although it must be conceded that these are far toofew and faint—and I deem that by the time I shall havereached the seventh volume of this history all danger of the *L0WEIiL. HOPEFUL SIGNS. 109 readers being subjected to the annoyance of these digres-sions will bave ceased. Forgive my offences, dearest andbest of perusers, even to tbe measure of seventy timesseven, and—I will undertake to perform my part so thatample opportunity sball be afforded you. If you will peruse tbe next chapter you will find certainmatters therein of record which are not generally MOTTOES FOR SHiPTER YIIL ^ ^Igepe the turtles alight, and there Feeds ?with hep fawn tb)e ting id doe ;T^here wtjen tlje -winter woods are bareWalks the wolf or) the crackling gnow. Brvant. Tl-)e ngildest manijeped njanThat ever scuttled sl]ip op cut a thpoat. Byron. -^t orjce tbjepe poge so vidld a yell,W^ithir) tb|at dark ar)d naprow dell,i5Ls all ttje fierjds from heaven tl;)at fellJ>iad pealed tlje banrjep cpy of Ijell ! Scott. 110
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