 | 1848 - 788 pages
...mouth, watch the blue smoke as it curled upwards, building castles in its vapoury wreaths, and, in ihe fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude...change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of... | |
 | 1848 - 802 pages
...pipe in mouth, watch the blue smoke as it curled upwards, building castles in its vapoury wreaths, and, in the fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling...change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fcisciuatkm of... | |
 | 1848 - 798 pages
...V\U\ unvotes. «A Scarcely, Low-ever, did I ever wish to change 6\wV \\owcs. ' luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of the lift! of the mountain hunter, that I believe not one instance could be adduced of even the most polished... | |
 | George Frederick Augustus Ruxton - 1848 - 324 pages
...and, pipe in mouth, watch the blue smoke as it curled upWard, building castles in its vapory wreaths, and, in the fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those ffir away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries... | |
 | George Frederick Augustus Ruxton - 1849 - 384 pages
...pipe in mouth, watch the blue smoke as it curled upwards, building castles in its vapoury wreaths, and, in the fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling...change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of the... | |
 | George Frederick Ruxton - 1849 - 340 pages
...pipe in mouth, watch the blue smoke as it curled upwards, building castles in its vapoury wreaths, and, in the fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling...change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of... | |
 | Sid Smith - 1850 - 304 pages
...pipe in moutli, watch the blue smoke as it curled upwards, building castles in its vapoury wreaths, and, in the fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling...fascination of the life of the mountain hunter, that 1 believe not one instance could be adduced ol even the most polished and civilized of men, who had... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1851 - 552 pages
...and mules, or the attendant cayute which nightly serenaded us. Seldom did I ever wish to change snch hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilized...unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet snch is the fascination of the life of the mountain bunter, that I believe not one iustance could be... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 pages
...curled upward, building castles in its vapory wreaths and in the fantastic shapes it ascended. Scarcely did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for...unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such are the fascinations of the life of the mountain hunter, that I believe that not one instance could... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 592 pages
...curled upward, building castles in its vapory wreaths and in the fantastic shapes it ascended. Scarcely did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for...unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such are the fascinations of the life of the mountain hunter, that I believe that not one instance could... | |
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Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilized life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of the life of the mountain hunter, that I believe... 
