... spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some... Social Life in Old New England - 38. oldalszerző: Mary Caroline Crawford - 1914 - 515 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 oldal
...him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house was a low building of one large room,...windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of... | |
| 1820 - 870 oldal
...famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn-field. His school-house was s low building of one large room, rudely constructed...windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy-books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 oldal
...him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house was a low building of one large room,...windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1823 - 402 oldal
...the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house was a low building of onelarge room, rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, ty a withe twisted in the handle of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 oldal
...him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house was a low building of one large room,...windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant .iiours, by a withe twisted in the handle... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 oldal
...genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn field. His school-room was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed...windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 oldal
...him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room,...windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 oldal
...genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-room was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partlv patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 oldal
...of famine descending upon the earth, or some scare-crow eloped from a corn-field. His school honse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and parity patched with leaves of old copy-books. It was most ingenionsly secured at vacant honrs, by a... | |
| Washington Irving - 1836 - 274 oldal
...mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed oflogs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks. It was most ingeniously... | |
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