 ... band of chosen singers, where in his own mind he completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 264by Washington Irving - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morningj which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by divers... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quivers still to be heard in that church, and may still be heard half-a-mile off, quite to the opposite side...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of head work, to have a wonderful easy life of it. Superstition. But all these were nothing to the tales... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still lo be heard it that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond ,...legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Tntis , by divers little makeshifts, in that ingenions way which is commonly denominated « by book... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 518 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...crook," the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, ami was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork, to have a wonderfully easy... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 488 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...Crane Thus, by divers little make-shifts, in that inge nious way which is commonly denominated "by hook and by crook," the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond,...legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane.' One of the infirmities in the mental constitution of Ichabod Crane, caused partly by his residence... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are sqji to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by divers little make-shifts... | |
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