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Updated: June 1, 2025
For this reason, the agricultural population of the States are more reasonable, more amiable, and more original than those engaged in incessant trade. I have seen an American farmer in my travels this year, who was the perfect image of the English franklin, before his daughters wore parasols and thrummed the piano.
Because he was planning things of moment, he took a native drum down to Fielding's cabin, and made Fielding play it, native fashion, as he thrummed his own banjo and sang the airy ballad, "The Dragoons of Enniskillen." Yet Dicky was thinking hard all the time.
The obliging widow was easily prevailed upon to gratify a passion he had lately developed for tuneful and romantic melody, and she thrummed through five waltzes and the whole of two comic operas, while he sat on the sofa holding Jean's hand and exchanging confidential smiles.
Twang! the cord thrummed as his lifted toes released it. The arrow whirred aloft. Then a snarl of chagrin from the marksman blended with the grunts of his mates. The arrow had failed to reach the quarry. It had missed, however, by a mere hand's breadth missed only because it struck the limb directly under the monkey, where it hung by the tip from the bark.
The telegraph wires thrummed, thrummed, thrummed above them; the rails were glaring hard lines; the goldenrod smelled dusty. Across the track was a pasture of dwarf clover and sparse lawn cut by earthy cow-paths; beyond its placid narrow green, the rough immensity of new stubble, jagged with wheat-stacks like huge pineapples. Erik talked of books; flamed like a recent convert to any faith.
Then his cheeks collapsed suddenly, and he sat back again. It was not odd that he had failed to hear the footfalls until they were actually within the door. A crowd of merry-makers was passing just then; their songs and tramping almost shook the shop. Boaz sat back. Beneath his passive exterior his nerves thrummed; his muscles had grown as hard as wood. Yes! Yes! But no!
"'Ha! The faint sound of an alien air smote his ears. "'The bagpipes! he muttered; 'the Scots, the hellish Highlanders. "Nearer and nearer the lively air was borne to him. "His raging pulse thrummed through his palpitating veins a rhythmic, mocking accompaniment to the swelling music. "His frame stiffened and stretched as though subjected to the distortion of the ancient rack.
Though he had not succeeded, Adair thanked him for his gallant conduct, and promised that it should not be overlooked. "Me berry happy, cap'n, if de ship get into harbour. No want reward," answered the brave negro. Scarcely had the thrummed sail been got under the ship, than it began to blow as hard as ever.
The piano stood open before me, I threw myself carelessly on the stool and thrummed languidly on the key-board for a moment or so, but I was not in the humor to play, and with another yawn I arose, crossed the hall and passed into my father's library.
Everard spoke without emotion, his voice sounded almost cold. "After that, I don't know what will happen. Nothing is settled. Tell me your plans now! No, wait! Let's get in out of this damned rain first!" They entered the bungalow and sat down for another smoke in the drawing-room. Down by the river a native instrument thrummed monotonously, like the whirring of a giant mosquito in the darkness.
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