 She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. She was withal a little of a coquette, as might...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Página 264por Washington Irving - 1822Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 304 páginas
...who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive his (Ichabod Crane's) instructions ir-. paalmodv, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer. She was a Moommg lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 páginas
...who allow ambition to enter their minds. We forebode mischief for Ichabod when we are told that, ' among the musical disciples who assembled one evening...eighteen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting, and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 páginas
...to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled,...instructions in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the (laughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer. She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ;... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 páginas
...to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled,...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 páginas
...to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled,...of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge, ripe and molting and rosycheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty,... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 páginas
...to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled one...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 páginas
...put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled one evening in at each week to receive his instructions in psalmody,...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally faiaed, not merely for her 235 beauty,... | |
 | George William Sheldon - 1878 - 364 páginas
...is a sweet, simple, and piquant representation. Katrina looks as Washington Irving describes her, " a blooming lass of fresh eighteen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed not merely for her beauty, but her... | |
 | George William Sheldon - 1879 - 380 páginas
...is a sweet, simple, and piquant representation. Katrina looks as Washington Irving describes her, " a blooming lass of fresh eighteen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed not merely for her beauty, but her... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 234 páginas
...to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled one...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
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