 Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound....  The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots ... - Side 3161819Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 434 sider
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...noon, and night her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1899 - 268 sider
...mortals, of foolish, welloiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family." This description is as perfect and as delightful as any in the English language. Any one who cannot... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 404 sider
...hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle if left to himself would have whistled life away in perfect contentment;...carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. 5. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master; for Dame... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 412 sider
...hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle if left to himself would have whistled life away in perfect contentment;...carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. 5. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master; for Dame... | |
 | 1899 - 312 sider
...neighborhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. If left to himself, Rip would have whistled life away in perfect contentment,...carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van... | |
 | 1899 - 312 sider
...neighborhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. If left to himself, Rip would have whistled life away in perfect contentment,...carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 406 sider
...hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle if left to himself would have whistled life away in perfect contentment;...ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the rum he was bringing on his family. 5. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much... | |
 | William Landon Felter - 1900 - 244 sider
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 sider
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; sets Eip Van Winkle. but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 186 sider
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to 1 Urchin. See note on this word, p. 44. 2 Galligaskins, large open hose, or loose wide breeches, formerly... | |
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