 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 - 1882 - 258 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... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eut white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would...but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears alxntt his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 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...a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, ho would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning in... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...mortals, of foolish well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, cat 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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 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 family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was always going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 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...carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family, c ? Morning, noon, and night her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...of foolish, well-oiled5 dispositions, who take 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 contentment;6 but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness,... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 244 pages
...one of those .happy but foolish mortals who take 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 content; but his wife always kept dinning in his ears about his idle careless habits, and the ruin... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...of foolish, well-oiled5 dispositions, who take 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 contentment;6 but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness,... | |
 | 1888 - 742 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 one way of... | |
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