 For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund...  Essays from the Sketch-book - Page 29by Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talk listlessly over village... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his majesty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talk listlessly over village... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edgetool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...temper never mellows with age, ' and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with * constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated * by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty George the Third. Here ' they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talk ' listlessly over... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small mn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his majesty... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...while he used to comiŠ¾le himself, when driven from home by frequenting a kind of perpetual cluhof the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages...designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit iu the shade of a long lazy summer's day, talk listlessly over village... | |
 | 1828 - 394 pages
...a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used 16 console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicurld portrait of his majesty... | |
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