Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, Band 1Edward Tuckerman Mason G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 294 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 26
Seite 4
... proportion to the weight they had to sustain ; so that when erect he had not a little the ap- pearance of a beer barrel on skids . His face , that infallible index of the mind , presented a vast 4 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... proportion to the weight they had to sustain ; so that when erect he had not a little the ap- pearance of a beer barrel on skids . His face , that infallible index of the mind , presented a vast 4 WASHINGTON IRVING .
Seite 12
... face was broad , but his features were sharp ; his cheeks were scorched into a dusky red by two fiery little gray eyes , his nose turned up , and the corners of his mouth turned down , pretty much like the muzzle of an irritable pug ...
... face was broad , but his features were sharp ; his cheeks were scorched into a dusky red by two fiery little gray eyes , his nose turned up , and the corners of his mouth turned down , pretty much like the muzzle of an irritable pug ...
Seite 23
... face glowed with furnace - heat from between a huge pair of well - powdered whiskers , and his valorous soul seemed ready to bounce out of a pair of large , glassy , blinking eyes , projecting like those of a lobster . I swear to thee ...
... face glowed with furnace - heat from between a huge pair of well - powdered whiskers , and his valorous soul seemed ready to bounce out of a pair of large , glassy , blinking eyes , projecting like those of a lobster . I swear to thee ...
Seite 27
... face when- ever he looked thitherward . The opposite side of the chamber was ornamented with the full- length portrait of a young lady , arrayed in the faded magnificence of silk , satin , and brocade , and with a visage as faded as her ...
... face when- ever he looked thitherward . The opposite side of the chamber was ornamented with the full- length portrait of a young lady , arrayed in the faded magnificence of silk , satin , and brocade , and with a visage as faded as her ...
Seite 28
... faces had peeped forth from the mirror ; while the brazen head of Hippocrates frowned , and said " Forbear ! " Such was Dr. Heidegger's study . On the summer afternoon of our tale , a small round table , as black as ebony , stood in the ...
... faces had peeped forth from the mirror ; while the brazen head of Hippocrates frowned , and said " Forbear ! " Such was Dr. Heidegger's study . On the summer afternoon of our tale , a small round table , as black as ebony , stood in the ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
¹ See Biographical Agamemnon agin ain't apple-pie arfter asked Atlantic Monthly Auchmuty Aunt Billy Biographical Sketch Bolus Bolus's Born cappen Chief Mate Coquette cried Croesus dear Dennis doctor dollars Elizabeth Eliza eyes fight Frederic Ingham Garcia gentlemen give Governor half hand head heard Heidegger horse Inchkenneth Ingham Jack JAMES THOMAS FIELDS Josh Green knob lady laff laffing langwidges laugh legs Lisette little boys looked Malibran Medbourne ment mind muskeeter never night Oglethorpe Josh once Ovid Peterkin Pettibone Polly poor Potiphar pretty Putnam's Magazine replied Sam Lawson Sandemanianism Schulemberg seemed side smiling Solomon John soul Sparrowgrass Squire stood story sure talk telegram thing THOMAS BANGS THORPE thought tion told took town turn walked words Wouter Van Twiller wrastle young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 195 - em, danced 'em, druv 'em, Fust this one, an' then thet, by spells— All is, he couldn't love 'em. But long o' her his veins 'ould run All crinkly like curled maple, The side she breshed felt full o' sun Ez a south slope in Ap'il.
Seite 92 - But is there nothing in thy track To bid thee fondly stay. While the swift seasons hurry back To find the wished-for day?
Seite 194 - An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
Seite 8 - Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasional grunt as he shoveled a spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth, either as a sign that he relished the dish or comprehended the story, he called unto him his constable, and, pulling out of his breeches pocket a huge jack-knife, dispatched it after the defendant as a summons, accompanied by his tobacco-box as a warrant.
Seite 5 - ... a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by those lines and angles which disfigure the human countenance with what is termed expression. Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusty red, like a spitzenberg apple.
Seite 197 - He could n't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, ' I 'd better call agin ; ' Says she, 'Think likely, Mister: ' Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' . . . Wai, he up an' kist her. When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips, Huldy sot pale ez ashes, All kin o' smily roun' the lips An' teary roun
Seite 67 - With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize: The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest, the winds dispersed in empty air.
Seite 8 - ... of the said Wandle. Governor Van Twiller, as I have already observed, was a man of few words ; he was likewise a mortal enemy to multiplying writings — or being disturbed at his breakfast. Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasional grunt, as he...
Seite 197 - Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin ; " Says she, " Think likely, Mister:" Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' . . . Wai, he up an
Seite 172 - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.