American Humor: Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, EtcPutnam, 1886 - 287 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 19 találatból.
5. oldal
... 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 true ' philosopher , for his mind was either elevated above , or ...
... 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 true ' philosopher , for his mind was either elevated above , or ...
6. oldal
... hours together upon a little print of Amster- dam , which hung in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council - chamber . Nay , it has even been said , that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on ...
... hours together upon a little print of Amster- dam , which hung in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council - chamber . Nay , it has even been said , that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on ...
9. oldal
... hour without saying a word ; at length , laying his finger beside his nose , and shutting his eyes for a moment , with the air of a man who has just caught a subtle idea by the tail , he slowly took his pipe from his mouth , puffed ...
... hour without saying a word ; at length , laying his finger beside his nose , and shutting his eyes for a moment , with the air of a man who has just caught a subtle idea by the tail , he slowly took his pipe from his mouth , puffed ...
22. oldal
... hours and listen to his gunpowder stories of exploits , which left those of Tirante the White , Don Belianis of Greece , or St. George and the Dragon quite in the background . Hav- ing been promoted by William Kieft to the command of ...
... hours and listen to his gunpowder stories of exploits , which left those of Tirante the White , Don Belianis of Greece , or St. George and the Dragon quite in the background . Hav- ing been promoted by William Kieft to the command of ...
34. oldal
... sophic coolness . " You have been a long time growing old . Surely , you might be content to grow young in half an hour ! But the water is at your service . " Again he filled their glasses with the liquor of youth 34 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE .
... sophic coolness . " You have been a long time growing old . Surely , you might be content to grow young in half an hour ! But the water is at your service . " Again he filled their glasses with the liquor of youth 34 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE .
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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.