This strange blending of odours consisted of something faintly and unpleasantly aromatic, mixed with another underlying smell, so unutterably sickening that he threw open the window, and put his head out into the
fresh air, unable to endure the horribly infected atmosphere for a moment longer.
He found himself in a small back room, stretched upon a sofa before the open French-windows, through which came a pleasant vision of waving green trees and a pleasanter stream of
fresh air. His first instinct was to sniff, and a sense of relief crept through him when he realized that this room, at any rate, was free from abnormal odors.
Ah, Rodion Romanovitch," he added suddenly, "what all men need is
fresh air,
fresh air .
The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to
fresh air, there was enough of that, and round him grew many large-sized comrades, pines as well as firs.
I wonder if the reader would care to hear about my First Love, of whom I am naturally thinking a good deal this morning, under the demoralising influences of the
fresh air, blue sky, and various birds and flowers.
It was a most grotesque and horrid tableau and I hastened out into the
fresh air; glad to escape from so gruesome a place.
That evening I went out merely to get a breath of
fresh air, but one thing followed another-- the weather was cold, all nature was looking mournful, and I had fallen in with Emelia.
"
Fresh air is what you need,
fresh air and a little vigorous exercise.
"You go and get some
fresh air," repeated Aunt Jamesina, "but take your umbrella, for I believe it's going to rain.
As for the Lion, he sniffed the
fresh air with delight and whisked his tail from side to side in pure joy at being in the country again, while Toto ran around them and chased the moths and butterflies, barking merrily all the time.
That is what follows from the fact that it is cold; and not that a child who needs
fresh air should remain at home," he would add with extreme logic, as if punishing someone for those secret illogical emotions that stirred within him.
Then, without premeditation, we may express our disapproval of such a turn by getting up from our seats and leaving the theatre for a promenade and a breath of
fresh air outside, coming back, when the turn is over, to enjoy the rest of the programme.