Before winter I built a chimney, and shingled the sides of my house, w… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

Before winter I built a chimney, and shingled the sides of my house, which were already impervious to rain, with imperfect and sappy shingles made of the first slice of the log, whose edges I was obliged to straighten with a plane.

Place: ¶105
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