 ... 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
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1892 - 620 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,...by hook and by crook," the worthy pedagogue got on tolerabby enough, and was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of head-work, to have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 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,...way which is commonly denominated "by hook and by crook,"2 the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought, by all who understood nothing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 pages
...divers little makeshifts in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated " by hook and by crook,"2 the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and 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 - 1893 - 318 pages
...his own mind, he completely carried away the palm from the parson. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW 129 Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the...descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by diverse little make-shifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated " by hook and by crook,"... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to bo heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the millpond, on...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of head-work, to have a wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 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 wonderful easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may sven 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... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 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 head-work, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. SECOND READING.... | |
 | 1896 - 374 pages
...peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite r\ to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still...which is commonly denominated "by hook and by crook," 2 the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought, by all who understood nothing of the... | |
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