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" We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The boy replied that it had. But presently the traveller's horse sank in up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, " I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom. "
Wit and Wisdom; Jokes, Conundrums, Sentiments, and Aphorisms - Page 77
by Wit - 1860
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Walden, Volume 2

Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 280 pages
...not play at kittlybenders. There is a solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...girths, and he observed to the boy, " I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom." " So it has," answered the latter, " but you have not got half way...
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 2

Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...not play at kittlybenders. There is a solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...that it had. But presently the traveller's horse sank ki lip to the girths, and he observed to the boy, " I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom."...
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Walden, Volume 2

Henry David Thoreau - 1897 - 318 pages
...not play at kittlybenders. There is a solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...girths, and he observed to the boy, " I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom." " So it has," answered the latter, " but you have not got half way...
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Walden

Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 428 pages
...not play at kittlybenders. There is a solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...girths, and he observed to the boy, "I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom." "So it has," answered the latter, "but you have not got half way...
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Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau - 1908 - 320 pages
...not play at kittlybenders. There is a solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...sank in up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, " 1 thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom." " So it has," answered ^the latter, " but you...
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The Natural Man: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau - 1978 - 148 pages
...'Life Without Principle' ' There is a solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...girths, and he observed to the boy, "I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom." "So it has," answered the latter, "but you have not got half way...
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New World Metaphysics: Readings on the Religious Meaning of the American ...

Giles Gunn - 1981 - 489 pages
...not play at kittlybenders. There is a solid bottom every where. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...girths, and he observed to the boy, "I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom." "So it has," answered the latter, "but you have not got half way...
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Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe

Edmund Leites - 2002 - 284 pages
...solid bottom everywhere. We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a solid bottom. The boy replied that it had. But presently, the traveller's horse sank up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, 'I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom.'...
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The Senses of Walden: An Expanded Edition

Stanley Cavell - 1992 - 178 pages
...forgotten this is part of our education which is sadly neglected. We read that the traveler asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The boy replied that it had. But presently the traveler's horse sank in up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, "I thought you said that this...
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Solitude: A Philosophical Encounter

Philip Koch - 1994 - 400 pages
...business, as the other famous "hard bottom" story from Wo/den reminds US: We read that a traveler asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The...observed to the boy, "I thought you said this bog has a hard bottom." "So it has," answered the latter, "but you have not got half way to it yet." Still,...
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