The Beauties of Washington IrvingLea & Blanchard... for George W. Gordon, 1839 - 349 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 37
... neighbour evén in the roughest toil , and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn , or building stone fences ; the women of the village , too , used to employ him to run their errands , and to do such lit- tle ...
... neighbour evén in the roughest toil , and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn , or building stone fences ; the women of the village , too , used to employ him to run their errands , and to do such lit- tle ...
Σελίδα 39
... neighbours could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial . It is true , he was rarely heard to speak , but smoked his pipe incessantly . His adherents , however , ( for every great man has his adherents ...
... neighbours could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial . It is true , he was rarely heard to speak , but smoked his pipe incessantly . His adherents , however , ( for every great man has his adherents ...
Σελίδα 44
... neighbours looked upon him with a mixture of awe , admiration , and good - will ; and when any mad - cap prank , or rustic brawl , occurred in the vicinity , al- ways shook their heads , and warranted Brom Bones was at the bottom of it ...
... neighbours looked upon him with a mixture of awe , admiration , and good - will ; and when any mad - cap prank , or rustic brawl , occurred in the vicinity , al- ways shook their heads , and warranted Brom Bones was at the bottom of it ...
Σελίδα 63
... neighbours of Connecticut ; who at their first settlement proclaimed , that the colony should be governed by the laws of God - until they had time to make better . One thing , however , appears certain - from the unanimous authority of ...
... neighbours of Connecticut ; who at their first settlement proclaimed , that the colony should be governed by the laws of God - until they had time to make better . One thing , however , appears certain - from the unanimous authority of ...
Σελίδα 72
... neighbours . Perhaps , too , this hesitation might have been strengthened by a lit- tle taint of superstition ; or surely , if the unknown had been addicted to witchcraft , this was a most propitious night for his vagaries . At length ...
... neighbours . Perhaps , too , this hesitation might have been strengthened by a lit- tle taint of superstition ; or surely , if the unknown had been addicted to witchcraft , this was a most propitious night for his vagaries . At length ...
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