 ... and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating. He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest, and like the lion bold, which...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Seite 356von Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1914 - 442 Seiten
...particularly the youngest; and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he 10 would sit with a child on one knee, and rock a cradle...together. In addition to his other vocations, he was the singing master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - 1914 - 606 Seiten
...like the lion bold which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on his knee and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours...his other vocations he was the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was... | |
 | Steadman Vincent Sanford, Peter Franklin Brown - 1914 - 362 Seiten
...habitual action; as, He will sit for a long time silent and motionless in the heart of a cedar. — ALLEN. He would sit with a child on one knee, and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together. — IRVING. (f) Would is sometimes used to express a wish ; as, I would that I were dead. — TENNYSON.... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 Seiten
...petting the children, particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one...other vocations, he was the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 Seiten
...petting the children, particularly the youngest; and like the lion bold, which whilome so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one...rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together. 5 In addition to his other vocations, he was the singingmaster of the neighborhood, and picked up many... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman - 1916 - 346 Seiten
...petting the children, particularly the youngest; and like the lion bold, which whilome so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one...other vocations, he was the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Everett Hale, Washington Irving, Francis Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain - 1917 - 616 Seiten
...petting the children, particularly the youngest; and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one...his other vocations, he was the singingmaster of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 Seiten
...petting the children, particularly the youngest; and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one...together. In addition to his other vocations, he was the singing master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks... | |
 | Lee Emerson Bassett - 1917 - 376 Seiten
...him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. In addition to his other vocations, he was the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was... | |
 | 1918 - 424 Seiten
...petting the children, particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one...his other vocations, he was the singingmaster of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was... | |
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