 ... he seldom said a foolish thing. So invincible was his gravity that he was never known to laugh or even to smile through the whole course of a long and prosperous life . Nay if a joke were uttered in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a...  Washington Irving - Página 202por Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 304 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 472 páginas
...in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 490 páginas
...in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on » subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 472 páginas
...was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire into thu matter, and when, after much explanation, the joke...laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 476 páginas
...in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 470 páginas
...in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...when, after much explanation, the joke was made as as a pike-staff; he would continue to smoke his pipe in i, and at length, knocking out the ashes would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 526 páginas
...in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...plain as a pike-staff; he would continue to smoke his pip» in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes would exclaim, * Well ! I see nothing in all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 474 páginas
...he would continue to smoke his pipe silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes would exclain rf Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1854 - 472 páginas
...was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire into tho matter, and when, after much explanation, the joke...laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1856 - 470 páginas
...in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes would exciaim. " Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about." With all his reflective habits, he never... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 páginas
...as plain as a pikeMalT, he would continne to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking ont the ashes, would exclaim, "Well! I see nothing in all that to laugh abont." some cuuning Duteh statuary, as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur. He was exactly five... | |
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