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"Rail fence" Quotes from Famous Books

... Emmetsburg. It is not a turnpike, but a common dirt-road, and, as it leaves the main street leading into town, it makes a diagonal ascent of the hill. On the eastern side, this road is bordered by a stone wall for a short distance. Elsewhere on both sides there is only a rail fence. A portion of our sharp-shooters took position behind this wall, and erected traverses to protect them from a flanking fire, should the enemy attempt to move up the road from Gettysburg. These traverses are constructed at right angles to ...

— Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field • Thomas W. Knox

... and almost before the words had left his lips, Eddie had cleared the rough rail fence at a bound, and was rushing ...

— Elsie's children • Martha Finley

... Where bound in such a hurry, child?" came the unexpected call from a nearby field, and Tom vaulted the rail fence lightly. "Taking ...

— The Rover Boys in Alaska - or Lost in the Fields of Ice • Arthur M. Winfield

... already completed our deer-park, which consisted of several acres, partly woodland and part of it being in the glade immediately adjoining the house. It was enclosed on all sides by a ten-rail fence, with stakes and riders, so that no animal of the deer species could possibly leap out of it. One of its sides lay along the lake; and a trench had been cut, so as to admit a small pond of water within the enclosure. Into this ...

— The Desert Home - The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid

... hut, where Colonel Wheeler used to shelter his corn. It sat in a lot behind a rail fence and thorn bushes, near the sweetest of springs. There was an entrance where a door once was, and within, a massive rickety fireplace; great chinks between the logs served as windows. Furniture was scarce. A pale blackboard crouched in the corner. My desk was made of three boards, reinforced at ...

— The Upward Path - A Reader For Colored Children • Various

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