 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 σελίδες
...fell, his tail dropped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...and, at the least flourish of a broomstick, or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip van Winkle, as... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 σελίδες
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame van Winkle, and at the least nourish of a broom-stick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping hurry. Times g'rew worse and... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 σελίδες
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least nourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.5 1 volley. Note... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 σελίδες
...decay; So flourish these, when those are past away. — Shelley. (Simile, Antithesis, Metaphor.) 6. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is u-- the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Irving. 7. Where shall wisdom be found,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 522 σελίδες
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to tht? door with yelping precipitation. \ Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years i of... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 σελίδες
...his tail dropped io to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. is Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never... | |
 | Benjamin Young Conklin - 1889 - 316 σελίδες
...Simple sub. in dep. clause Predicate- verb in dep. cl. . Attribute complement Complex declarative. A sharp tongue is the only edged tool. That grows keener with constant use. That, a relative pronoun. Tongue, modified by a and sharp. Is, unmodified. Tool, mod. by the, only,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 σελίδες
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkls as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 σελίδες
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door witli yelping precipitation. / L Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle ri as years of matrimony... | |
 | 1913 - 456 σελίδες
...me, and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men. — John Burroughs. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Washington Irving. "Rip Van Winkle." G-od be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant,... | |
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... and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and... 
