The Beauties of Washington IrvingLea & Blanchard... for George W. Gordon, 1839 - 349 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 32
... doors all day , in an inn of the small town of Derby . A wet Sunday in a country inn ! whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation . The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church ...
... doors all day , in an inn of the small town of Derby . A wet Sunday in a country inn ! whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation . The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church ...
Σελίδα 37
... door work to do ; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management , acre by acre , until there was little more left than a mere patch of In- dian corn and potatoes , yet it was the worse condi- tioned farm ...
... door work to do ; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management , acre by acre , until there was little more left than a mere patch of In- dian corn and potatoes , yet it was the worse condi- tioned farm ...
Σελίδα 38
... door with yelping pre- cipitation . Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age , and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use ...
... door with yelping pre- cipitation . Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age , and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use ...
Σελίδα 39
... door of which he took his seat from morning till night , just moving suffi- ciently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbours could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial ...
... door of which he took his seat from morning till night , just moving suffi- ciently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbours could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial ...
Σελίδα 41
... farm - yard , and guinea fowls fretting about it , like ill - tempered house - wives , with their peevish discon- tented cry . Before the barn door strutted the gal- lant cock , that pattern of a husband , a 4 * WASHINGTON IRVING . 41.
... farm - yard , and guinea fowls fretting about it , like ill - tempered house - wives , with their peevish discon- tented cry . Before the barn door strutted the gal- lant cock , that pattern of a husband , a 4 * WASHINGTON IRVING . 41.
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