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 - 1912 - 356 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 evening in each week, to receive his instruction in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch... | |
| Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1912 - 354 páginas
...her ancient solitary reign. — GRAY. 7. Thirty days have September, April, June, and November. 8. Among the musical disciples who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive instruction in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch... | |
| Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1913 - 168 páginas
...of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. Katrina Van Tassel Among the musical disciples who assembled, one evening...eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosycheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her... | |
| Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 400 páginas
...characterization leaves the reader free to supply the details from his own experience. Study these two examples : 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 ! 2 For it was pleasant to look at Romola's beauty; to... | |
| 1914 - 304 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... | |
| Howard Roscoe Driggs - 1914 - 464 páginas
...like a full grown peony, or a great red apple. — From " The Pine Tree Shillings," by Hawthorne. 2. 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. — From the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Irving. 3.... | |
| 1914 - 442 páginas
...man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together; and that was — -a woman. 25 Among the musical disciples who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive his instruction in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 730 páginas
...Late Modern English. II. 34 y) with each : Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening is each week, to receive his instructions in psalmody, was Katrina van Tassel WASH. IRV., Sketch-Bk. , The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 35ft tf) with every: i. Twice every Sunday did... | |
| Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 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... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 páginas
...mortal man, than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put 20 together; and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled,...only child of a substantial Dutch farmer. She was a bloming lass of "^5 fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting ] and rosy-cheeked as one... | |
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