... allowed 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... Washington Irving - Página 202por Charles Dudley Warner - 1909 - 304 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 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...his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on » subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived... | |
| 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."...his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived every... | |
| 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 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 pikestaff, he would continue to smoke his pipo in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes, would exclaim, " Well ! I see nothing in all... | |
| Washington Irving - 1860 - 516 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 HISTORY OF NEW YOEK. pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes would exclaim, " Well !... | |
| Washington Irving - 1860 - 498 páginas
...light minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes ho would deign to inquire into the matter, and when,...made as plain as a pike-staff, he would continue to smoko his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out tho ashes would exclaim, " Well ! I see nothing... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 páginas
...in his presence that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to ti.row him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire..." Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about !" The person of this illustrious old gentleman was formed and proportioned as though it had been moulded... | |
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