... came the quick dull sounds of planks thrown down, the grind of car wheels, the movement of feet, the varied, complex sound of men working together, the clapping of waters against the structure. It was confusing, confusing as the noise of many hammers.... The Rules of the Game - Strana 27autor/autoři: Stewart Edward White - 1910 - 644 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| 1910 - 860 str.
...confusing — confusing as the noise of many hammers. Yet two things seemed to steady it, to confine it, to keep it in the bounds of order, to prevent it from usurping more than its mete and proper proportion. One was the tingling lake breeze singing through the rigging of the ship... | |
| John Curtis Underwood - 1914 - 512 str.
...confusing, confusing as the noise of many hammers. Yet two things seemed to steady it, to confine it, to keep it in the bounds of order, to prevent it from...idle and intermittent whistling of one of the sailors up aloft. And suddenly, as though it had but just commenced, Bob again became aware of the saw shrieking... | |
| Edwin Long Beck, William Lucius Graves - 1928 - 680 str.
...of men working together, the clapping of waters against the structure. It was confusing, contusing as the noise of many hammers. Yet two things seemed...shrieking in ecstasy as it plunged into a pine log. of white steam glittering in the sun. In a moment the steam fell, and the shriek of the saw fell with... | |
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