 ... terrors of a woman's tongue? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish...  Studies in Reading: Seventh Grade - Page 343by James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...termagant wife, and of the various pastimes with which he sought to cheat the miseries of his thraldom. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...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 himself, when driven... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a side-long glance at Dame Van Winkle,...and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...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 himself, when driven... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1820 - 636 pages
...seems, was afflicted with incurable idleness, and also, as he well deserved, with a scolding wife. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with nge, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...termagant wife, and of the various pastimes with which he sought to cheat the miseries of his thraldom. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...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 himself, when... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...termagant wife, and of the various pastimes with which he sought to cheat the miseries of his thraldom. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age. f and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with ' constant use. For a long while... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 402 pages
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...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 himself, when driven... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...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 himself, when driven... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...casting many a side-long glance at Dome Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping precipitation....sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, lie sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled ou ; a tart temper never mellows with ¡ige, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener... | |
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