 ... life; they fell upon us in myriads with their poison-stings ; the buffaloes often looked as if they were covered over with this buzzing swarm, which beset them as if they were carrion, until, tormented to madness, they betook themselves to the Tiber,...  The Improvisatore - Page 43by Hans Christian Andersen - 1869 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
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...blew through the hot atmosphere for two long, long months. ' At the sun's rise and setting alone was there a breath of fresh air; but a dulness, a deathlike...wild buffaloes. He gave me paper and pencils, that I might also draw pictures, and promised that when he came next time he would take me with him for a... | |
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...long months. ' At the sun's rise and setting alone was there a breath of fresh air; but a duluess, a deathlike lethargy produced by the heat, and the...wild buffaloes. He gave me paper and pencils, that I might also draw pictures, and promised that when he came next time he would take me with him for a... | |
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