 Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn - Page 401by Washington Irving - 1852 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | 1869 - 344 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman." — Sketch-Book. QT. ANTHONY sat on a lowly stool, And a book was in his hand ; Never Ms eye from its... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1875 - 98 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...eighteen ; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge, ripe and molting and rosycheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. THE DISCOVERY OF AMEHICA BY COLUMBUS.* IT was on Friday morning, the 12th of October, 1492, that Columbus... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman. THE DISCOVERY OF AMEEICA BY COLUMBUS.* IT was on Friday morning, the 12th of October, 1492, that Columbus... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 pages
...put together, and that was — a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled one evening in at each week to receive his instructions in psalmody,...eighteen ; plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally faiaed, not merely for her 235 beauty,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1878 - 152 pages
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...the musical disciples who assembled one evening in 2* each week to receive his instructions in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only... | |
 | George William Sheldon - 1878 - 364 pages
...is a sweet, simple, and piquant representation. Katrina looks as Washington Irving describes her, " a blooming lass of fresh eighteen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed not merely for her beauty, but her... | |
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