 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 σελίδες
...best.— Oarlyle. 8. I slept and dreamed that life is Beauty; I woke and found that life is Duty. 4. A tart temper never mellows with age ; and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Irving. 5. A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. — Cowper.... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 σελίδες
...best.—Oarlyle. 3. I slept and dreamed that life is Beauty; I woke and found that life is Duty. 4. A tart temper never mellows with age ; and a sharp...the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.—Irving. 5. A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.—Cowper.... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 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 flourish of a broomstick or ladle, wculd flee to the door with yelping precipitation. Times gl ew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 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,...mellows with age, .and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 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,...never mellows with age. and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 280 σελίδες
...ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong e& glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish...Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on : a tart so temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 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,...yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Eip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1894 - 188 σελίδες
...be compound. Sometimes an independent clause in a compound sentence is itself compound or complex. A. tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp...the only edged tool that grows keener with constant tise. The second independent clause in this sentence is complex. common of these are : and, either,... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Thomas Metcalf - 1894 - 300 σελίδες
...Indians. 4. He said that his farm was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country. 5. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows sharper with constant use. LXXXV. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. Many descriptive adjectives are inflected,... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 σελίδες
...fool's heart is in his tongue ; but a wis« man's tongue is in his heart. — Quartet. TRADE. TRAVEL. A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with constant rise. — Washington Irving. The heart's attorney. — Sliakespeare.... | |
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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... 
