Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. The Elements of the Short Story - Seite 54herausgegeben von - 1915 - 294 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Hamer - 1883 - 334 Seiten
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty... | |
| John Hamer - 1883 - 338 Seiten
...at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would flee to the door with yelping precipitation. use. For a long while he used to console himself,...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty... | |
| James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 Seiten
...grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool...personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn. designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty George the Third. Here... | |
| Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 Seiten
...grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool...himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of peipctual club of the sagea, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village ; which held its... | |
| Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 Seiten
...grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool...personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 Seiten
...g'rew worse and worse with Hip van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on'; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool...home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the old wiseheads, and other idle people of the village ; which held its sessions on a bench before a small... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 Seiten
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged-tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool l that grows keener with constant use. For a long while...frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers,2 and other idle personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 624 Seiten
...sharp tongue is the only edged tool 1 that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he vised to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers,2 and other idle personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 Seiten
...when those are past away. — Shelley. (Simile, Antithesis, Metaphor.) 6. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Irving. 7. Where shall wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding? — Bible. 8.... | |
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