 | St Bede - 2007 - 389 pages
...a sparrow through the room wherein you sit at supper in winter, with your commanders and ministers, and a good fire in the midst, whilst the storms of rain and snow prevail abroad ; the sparrow, Lsay, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1911 - 400 pages
...the sparrow through the room wherein you sit at supper in winter, with your commanders and ministers, and a good fire in the midst, whilst the storms of rain and mist prevail abroad ; the sparrow, I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst... | |
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I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within is safe from the wintry storm; but after a short space of fair weather he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So... 
