| Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...had much of the flavour of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another,...sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll from whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny... | |
| John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 362 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another...gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep." On the other hand, unimportant parts are passed over lightly, sketched in rapid style, given in general... | |
| Washington Irving - 1894 - 402 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another...of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunn)r morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another,...sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll from whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny... | |
| Washington Irving - 1894 - 282 pages
...tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another; and he reiterated his visits to the flagon s so often, that at length his senses were overpowered,...sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll from whence he had first seen the old man of the 10 glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny... | |
| California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...and "Columbus" are famous biographies. Articulation. — birds | were; roysterers | of the mountain. On waking he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first eeen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes; it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping... | |
| Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another;...first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the... | |
| Sheldon and Company - 1895 - 388 pages
...failure. 9. He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. —EMERSON. 10. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. 11. Recollection is the only Paradise from which we cannot be turned out. — RICHTER. 12. The true... | |
| Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another;...first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were bopping and twittering among the bushes, and the... | |
| Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 256 pages
...had much of the flavour of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another;...first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the... | |
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