 | 1788 - 338 Seiten
...neatnefs of her perfon), fitting in her ftraightbacked elbow-chair, which flood in a large window dow fcooped out of the thicknefs of the ancient wall....but fhe would not allow it to be cut down. " It has frood there many a " day," faid fhe, " and we old inhabitants " fhould bear with one another." Methinks... | |
 | 1788 - 330 Seiten
...neatnefs of her perfon), fitting in her ftraightbacked elbow-chair, which flood in a large window dow fcooped out of the thicknefs of the ancient wall....her book, or her work ; but fhe would not allow it to'be cat down. " It has flood there many a " day," faid fhe, " and we old inhabitants " fhould bear... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 440 Seiten
...sitting in her straight-backed elbow-chair, which stood in a large window, scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass, the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckle-tree, which often threw... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 302 Seiten
...sitting in her straightbacked elbow-chair, which stood in a large window scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass, the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckletree, which often threw... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 802 Seiten
...sitting in her straight-backed elbow-chair, which stood in a large window scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass, the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honey suckle-tree, which often... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 354 Seiten
...sitting in her straight-backed elbow-chair, which stood in a large window scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass—the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckle tree, which often... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...sitting in her straightbacked elbowchair, which stood in a large window, scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass—the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckle tree, which often... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...sitting in her straightbacked elbowchair, which stood in a large window, scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass — the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckle tree, which often... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 Seiten
...sitting in her straightbacked elbowchair, which stood in a large window, scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass — the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckle tree, which often... | |
 | 1836 - 342 Seiten
...sitting in her straightbacked elbow-chair, which stood in a large window, scooped out of the thickness of the ancient wall. The middle panes of the window were of painted glass — the story of Joseph and his brethren. On the outside waved a honeysuckle trce, which often... | |
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I could draw the old lady at this moment ! dressed in gray, with a clean white hood nicely plaited (for she was somewhat finical about the neatness of her person), sitting in her straight-backed elbow-chair, which stood in a large window, scooped out... 
