Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 53by Washington Irving - 1864 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Lane Hanson - 1912 - 392 pages
...woodpecker. 8. He is one of the boys who have received prizes. 9. Boy after boy said he wished to go. 10. Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals,...well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy. 11. Fortunately for the English tourists, the people of Switzerland proved truly hospitable. 12. If... | |
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...hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happ}r mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who...thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny (1) galligaskins: loose breeches. than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have whistled... | |
| Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1913 - 328 pages
...galligaskins,1 which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady docs her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled disposition, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought... | |
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| Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 404 pages
...hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy 15 mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who...would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; 20 but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness and the ruin... | |
| James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 pages
...galligaskins,22 which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those...and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.23 If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; but his wife... | |
| Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 360 pages
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| Howard Roscoe Driggs - 1914 - 464 pages
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| Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1914 - 400 pages
...whichever is clear in the following substantive clause, which is appositiye to white bread or brown: eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble.— IKVING, The Sketck-Book. NOTE 2. — As seems to have somewhat the force of an indefinite pronoun in... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 pages
...hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy 15 mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who...would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; 20 but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness and the ruin... | |
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