 ... 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 - 1859 - 478 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 páginas
...in his presence that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to thro17 him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire...silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes, would exelaim, " Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about !" The person of this illustrious old gentleman... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 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..." 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 546 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... | |
 | Charles Adams - 1870 - 322 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...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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 342 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...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... | |
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