 Sirrah had been unable to manage, until he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment when we discovered that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting ! How he had got all the divisions collected in the dark, is beyond my comprehension....  Sketches and anecdotes of animal life - Page 180by John George Wood - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 492 pages
...where they first broke and scattered. But what was our astonishment, when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting !...dark, is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising ot the sun ; and if all the shepherds in the Forest... | |
 | 1820 - 496 pages
...place where they first broke and scattered. But what was onrastonishment when wi- discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting !...dark is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the riling of the sun ; and if all the shepherds of the Forest... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...until he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting!...dark, is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself, from midnight until the rising of the sun ; and if all the shepherds in the forest... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 188 pages
...he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment, when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting !...dark, is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself, from midnight until the rising of the sun ; and if all the shepherds in the forest... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Dogs - 1829 - 590 pages
...concluded that it was one of the divisions which Sirrah had been unable to manage until he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment...dark is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising sun ; and if all the shepherds in the Forest had... | |
 | James Hogg - Fiction - 1829 - 242 pages
...where they first broke and scattered. But what was our astonishment, when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting !...dark is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising of the sun ; and if all the shepherds in the Forest... | |
 | James Hogg - 1829 - 694 pages
...scattered. But what was our astonishment, when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole Sock was wanting ! How he had got all the divisions collected...dark is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising of the sun ; and if all the shepherds in the Forest... | |
 | Natural history - 1834 - 306 pages
...the bottom of a deep ravine, and the faithful dog in front of them, looking round for some relief. What was our astonishment when we discovered that...divisions collected in the dark is beyond my comprehension : if all the shepherds in the forest had been there, ihey could not have effected it with greater propriety."... | |
 | John Frost - Children - 1835 - 368 pages
...that it was one of the divisions of the lambs which Sirrah had been unable to manage, until he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment, when we discovered that not one of the whole flock was wanting ! How he had got all the divisions collected in the dark, is beyond... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 472 pages
...Sirrah standing in front of them, looking round for assistance. " What was our astonishment," says he, " when we discovered that not one lamb of the whole...dark, is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight to the rising sun ; and if all the shepherds in the Forest had been... | |
| |
