 It was a matter of no little vanity to him, on Sundays, to take his station in front of the church gallery, with a band of chosen singers; where, in his own mind, he completely carried away the palm from the parson.  Old-time Schools and School-books - Page 120by Clifton Johnson - 1904 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 354 pages
...the singingmaster of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest j of the congregation, and there are peculiar... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1905 - 480 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation; and there are peculiar... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 138 pages
...of 1 a species of large snake. the verse : * The reference is to the famous old New " The Lion bold no little vanity to him on Sundays, to take his station...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation, and there are peculiar... | |
 | Emogene Sanford Simons - 1906 - 218 pages
...the singing master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. . . . Our man of letters, too, was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels. How he... | |
 | Isabel Moore - 1906 - 360 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1906 - 416 pages
...hold, he would sit with a child on one knee, and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together. a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays, to...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1906 - 572 pages
...divers little make-shifts in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated " by hook and by crook," the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor oi headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance... | |
 | 1907 - 386 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation, and there are peculiar... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - 1907 - 374 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation; and there are peculiar... | |
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