 ... band of chosen singers, where in his own mind he completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and...  The Beauties of Washington Irving ... - Σελίδα 244των Washington Irving - 1884 - 373 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 σελίδες
...congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half-amile off, quite to the opposite side...descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by diverse little make-shifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated " by hook and by crook,"... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 328 σελίδες
...the congregation; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half-amile off, quite to the opposite side...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 σελίδες
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morningj which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by divers... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 490 σελίδες
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 416 σελίδες
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 σελίδες
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even he heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 σελίδες
...schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable. He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labours...of head work, to have a wonderful easy life of it. Superstition. But all these were nothing to the tales of ghosts and apparitions that suceeded. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 σελίδες
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 σελίδες
...there are peculiar quavers still lo be heard it that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond ,...legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Tntis , by divers little makeshifts, in that ingenions way which is commonly denominated « by book... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 σελίδες
...the congregation; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half-a-mile off, quite to the opposite side...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
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