Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, 1. kötetEdward Tuckerman Mason G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 294 oldal |
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... person of this illustrious old gentleman was formed and proportioned as though it had been moulded by the hands of some cunning Dutch statuary , as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur . He was exactly five feet six inches in height ...
... person of this illustrious old gentleman was formed and proportioned as though it had been moulded by the hands of some cunning Dutch statuary , as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur . He was exactly five feet six inches in height ...
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... person . He daily took his four stated meals , appropriating exactly an hour to each ; he smoked and doubted eight hours , and he slept the remain- ing twelve of the four - and - twenty . Such was the renowned Wouter Van Twiller , -a ...
... person . He daily took his four stated meals , appropriating exactly an hour to each ; he smoked and doubted eight hours , and he slept the remain- ing twelve of the four - and - twenty . Such was the renowned Wouter Van Twiller , -a ...
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... person and habits of Wouter Van Twiller , from the consideration that he was not only the first , but also the best governor that ever presided over this ancient and respect- able province ; and so tranquil and benevolent was his reign ...
... person and habits of Wouter Van Twiller , from the consideration that he was not only the first , but also the best governor that ever presided over this ancient and respect- able province ; and so tranquil and benevolent was his reign ...
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... person , as his chief favorite , confidential envoy , and trusty squire . Instead of disturbing the city with dis- astrous notes , he was instructed to play so as to delight the governor while at his repasts , as did the minstrels of ...
... person , as his chief favorite , confidential envoy , and trusty squire . Instead of disturbing the city with dis- astrous notes , he was instructed to play so as to delight the governor while at his repasts , as did the minstrels of ...
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... person he was not very tall , but exceed- ingly round ; neither did his bulk proceed from his being fat , but windy , being blown up by a prodigious conviction of his own importance , until he resembled one of those bags of wind given ...
... person he was not very tall , but exceed- ingly round ; neither did his bulk proceed from his being fat , but windy , being blown up by a prodigious conviction of his own importance , until he resembled one of those bags of wind given ...
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195. oldal - em, danced 'em, druv 'em, Fust this one, an' then thet, by spells— All is, he couldn't love 'em. But long o' her his veins 'ould run All crinkly like curled maple, The side she breshed felt full o' sun Ez a south slope in Ap'il.
92. oldal - But is there nothing in thy track To bid thee fondly stay. While the swift seasons hurry back To find the wished-for day?
194. oldal - An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
8. oldal - Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasional grunt as he shoveled a spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth, either as a sign that he relished the dish or comprehended the story, he called unto him his constable, and, pulling out of his breeches pocket a huge jack-knife, dispatched it after the defendant as a summons, accompanied by his tobacco-box as a warrant.
5. oldal - ... a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by those lines and angles which disfigure the human countenance with what is termed expression. Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusty red, like a spitzenberg apple.
197. oldal - He could n't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, ' I 'd better call agin ; ' Says she, 'Think likely, Mister: ' Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' . . . Wai, he up an' kist her. When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips, Huldy sot pale ez ashes, All kin o' smily roun' the lips An' teary roun
67. oldal - With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize: The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest, the winds dispersed in empty air.
8. oldal - ... of the said Wandle. Governor Van Twiller, as I have already observed, was a man of few words ; he was likewise a mortal enemy to multiplying writings — or being disturbed at his breakfast. Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasional grunt, as he...
197. oldal - Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin ; " Says she, " Think likely, Mister:" Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' . . . Wai, he up an
172. oldal - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.