American Humor: Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, EtcPutnam, 1886 - 287 oldal |
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76. oldal
... coming by to help him . Now , Signor Garcia had had dealings with brigands and banditti all his operatic life . In- deed , he had often drilled them till they were perfect in their exercises , and got them up re- gardless of expense ...
... coming by to help him . Now , Signor Garcia had had dealings with brigands and banditti all his operatic life . In- deed , he had often drilled them till they were perfect in their exercises , and got them up re- gardless of expense ...
90. oldal
... coming down on a flock of black and white sheep , and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on . Dead stop , so still you could hear your hair growing . Then another jump , and another howl , as if the piano had two ...
... coming down on a flock of black and white sheep , and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on . Dead stop , so still you could hear your hair growing . Then another jump , and another howl , as if the piano had two ...
96. oldal
... coming into it all at once with its muddy stream . I suppose the Missouri in like man- ner hates the Mississippi for diluting with its limpid , but insipid current the rich reminis- cences of the varied soils though which its own stream ...
... coming into it all at once with its muddy stream . I suppose the Missouri in like man- ner hates the Mississippi for diluting with its limpid , but insipid current the rich reminis- cences of the varied soils though which its own stream ...
120. oldal
... genius and his performances were free from the vulgar alloy of interest or temptation . Accordingly , he did not labor a lie ; he lied with a relish ; he lied with a coming appetite , growing with what it fed on 120 JOSEPH G. BALDWIN .
... genius and his performances were free from the vulgar alloy of interest or temptation . Accordingly , he did not labor a lie ; he lied with a relish ; he lied with a coming appetite , growing with what it fed on 120 JOSEPH G. BALDWIN .
121. oldal
Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, Etc. a coming appetite , growing with what it fed on ; he lied from the delight of invention and the charm of fictitious narrative . It is true he applied his art to the practical purposes ...
Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, Etc. a coming appetite , growing with what it fed on ; he lied from the delight of invention and the charm of fictitious narrative . It is true he applied his art to the practical purposes ...
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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'.
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.
195. oldal - An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted. The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm from floor to ceilin', An' she looked full ez rosy agin Ez the apples she was peelin'.
226. oldal - Applause followed, which turned Dennis's head. He rose, fluttered, and tried No. 3 : "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not longer occupy the time!
194. oldal - There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An...
216. oldal - But Dr. Wigan does not go into these niceties of this subject, and I failed. It was then, that, on my wife's suggestion, I resolved to look out for a Double. I was, at first, singularly successful. We happened to be recreating at Stafford Springs that summer. We rode out one day, for one of the relaxations of that watering-place, to the great Monson Poor-House.
232. oldal - Very well, thank you. And you?" This for an answer to casual salutations. 2. "I am very glad you liked it." 3. "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not occupy the time.
92. oldal - And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears ? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years ! " Why, yes ; for memory would recall My fond paternal joys ; I could not bear to leave them all ; I'll take — my — girl — and — boys...
40. oldal - Dance with me, Clara," cried Colonel Killigrew. " No, no ! I will be her partner," shouted Mr. Gascoigne. " She promised me her hand fifty years ago," exclaimed Mr. Medbourne. They all gathered round her. One caught both her hands in his passionate grasp, another threw his arm about her waist, the third buried his hand among the glossy curls that clustered beneath the widow's cap. Blushing, panting, struggling, chiding, laughing, her warm breath fanning each of their faces by turns, she strove to...
26. oldal - ... little better than a mendicant. Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years, and his health and substance, in the pursuit of sinful pleasures, which had given birth to a brood of pains, such as the gout, and divers other torments of soul and body. Mr. Gascoigne was a ruined politician, a man of evil fame, or at least had been so till time had buried him from the knowledge of the present generation, and made him obscure instead of infamous.