 Connecticut ; and would frighten them wofully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsyturvy ! But if there was a pleasure in all this,...  The Quarterly review - Page 601821Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 416 pages
...cuddling in the chimney-corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood-fire, and where, of course, no spectre dared to show its...walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset bis path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night ! .With what wistful look did he eye every... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 pages
...alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round and that they were half the time topsy-turvy. But if there was a pleasure in all this while snugly cuddling in the chimney-corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood-fire, and where, of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 536 pages
...alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy-turvy ! But if there was a pleasure in all this while snugly...fire, and where of course no spectre dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 544 pages
...fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy-turvy ! 5^iBut if there was a pleasure in all this while snugly cuddling...fire, and where of course no spectre dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent 10 walk homewards. What fearful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 216 pages
...alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsyturvy. But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly...the crackling wood fire, and where, of course, no specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1902 - 204 pages
...alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsyturvy. But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly...the crackling wood fire, and where, of course, no specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards.... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1902 - 504 pages
...alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy-turvy ! But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly...the crackling wood fire, and where, of course, no specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards.... | |
 | Rose Mary, Kavana, Arthur Beatty - 1902 - 468 pages
...mead. — HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, Chaucer. SUGGESTIONS.— Answer the general questions in section 123. V. But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly...chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood-fire, and where, of course, no spectre dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 568 pages
...fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy-turvy ! 3<xI But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly...fire, and where, of course, no spectre dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent 305 walk homewards. What fearful... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 548 pages
...Penseroso." ing fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy-turvy ! But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly...the crackling wood fire, and where, of course, no specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards.... | |
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