 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1926 - 648 Seiten
...catching eels. isfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...thank him for it the longest day he had to live." 11 When school hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1926 - 492 Seiten
...follow is not registered by the OED, the following illustrative quotations may be deemed acceptable: He never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to Hie smarting urchin, that 'he would remember it and th;mk him for It the longest day he had to live."... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 Seiten
...justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 Seiten
...claims of justice were satisfied, by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong headed, broad skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled...was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holyday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1991 - 100 Seiten
...justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 Seiten
...justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...thank him for it the longest day he had to live." When school-hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons... | |
 | Washington Irving, Haskell S. Springer - 1999 - 372 Seiten
...claims of justice were satisfied, by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong headed, broad skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled...was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holy day afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty... | |
 | 2004 - 228 Seiten
...justice were satisf1ed by inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...thank him for it the longest day he had to live'. When school-hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons... | |
 | Readpal - 2005 - 195 Seiten
...justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty... | |
 | C P Koszalka - 86 Seiten
...justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged...was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty... | |
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... of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough,... 
