 Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound....  The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots ... - Page 3161819Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the rain he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1823 - 392 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; hut his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; hut his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, welloiled disposition, who takes the world easy, eat white bread or brown, which ever...contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 pages
...of foolish, well-oiled: dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and VOL. I. E the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and VOL. I. E the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with the least thought or trouble, and would rather starve...contentment; but his wife kept continually dinning in his cars about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he -was bringing on his family. Morning, noon,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who tako the world easy , eat white bread or brown , whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contetitment;-flut his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...and night, her tongue was incessantly going , and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Kip had but one way... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way... | |
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