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They sough the rumour of mortality. They sough the rumour of mortality.

Allen Tate

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Sometimes we lodged at an inn in the woods, where trout-fishers from distant cities had arrived before us, and where, to our aston... - MORE Sometimes we lodged at an inn in the woods, where trout-fishers from distant cities had arrived before us, and where, to our astonishment, the settlers dropped in at nightfall to have a chat and hear the news, though there was but one road, and no other house was visible,—as if they had come out of the earth. There we sometimes read old newspapers, who never before read new ones, and in the rustle of their leaves heard the dashing of the surf along the Atlantic shore, instead of the sough of the wind among the pines. But then walking had given us an appetite even for the least palatable and nutritious food.

Henry David Thoreau

journalism | journalists | news | reading

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Instead of water we got here a draught of beer,... a lumberer's drink, which would acclimate and naturalize a man at once,—which... - MORE Instead of water we got here a draught of beer,... a lumberer's drink, which would acclimate and naturalize a man at once,—which would make him see green, and, if he slept, dream that he heard the wind sough among the pines.

Henry David Thoreau

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