 Steam-boat a-comin'!' and the scene changes! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and all in a twinkling the dead town is alive and moving. Drays, carts,...  Life on the Mississippi - Seite 33von Mark Twain - 1917 - 526 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1875 - 782 Seiten
...scene changes! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...boys, all go hurrying from many quarters to a common centre, the wharf. Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 504 Seiten
...scene changes! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...boys, all go hurrying from many quarters to a common centre, the wharf. Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat, as upon a wonder... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1902 - 568 Seiten
...scene changes ! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...in a twinkling the dead town is alive and moving. — MARK TWAIN. 3. The twilight swallows the thicket, The starlight reveals the ridge; The whistle... | |
 | Julia Henderson Levering - 1909 - 806 Seiten
...drunkards stir; the clerks wake up; a furious clatter of drays follows. Every house and store pours out its human contribution, and all in a twinkling the dead...moving. Drays, carts, men, boys all go hurrying from all quarters to a common centre, the wharf. After the cargo is unloaded, and new freight and passengers... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1910 - 184 Seiten
...and the scene changes! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...boys, all go hurrying from many quarters to a common centre, the wharf. Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1910 - 188 Seiten
...clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays, every house and store pours out a human contri25 bution, and all in a twinkling the dead town is alive and...boys, all go hurrying from many quarters to a common centre, the wharf. Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1915 - 458 Seiten
...and all in a twinkling the dead town is alive and moving. Drays, carts, men, boys, all go hurrying to a common center, the wharf. Assembled there, the...upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time. . . . The furnace doors are open and the fires glaring bravely; the upper decks are black with passengers;... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1915 - 472 Seiten
...scene changes ! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...alive and moving. Drays, carts, men, boys, all go hurryine to a common center, the wharf. Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1917 - 474 Seiten
...scene changes ! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...and moving. Drays, carts, men, boys, all go hurrying to a common center, the wharf. Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as... | |
 | Rolla Milton Tryon, Charles Ramsdell Lingley - 1927 - 784 Seiten
...scene changes! The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and...and moving. Drays, carts, men, boys, all go hurrying to a common center, the wharf. Assembled there, the people'fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as... | |
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