 For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund...  Essays from the Sketch-book - Page 29by Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home *6 , by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of his majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to Bit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its session* on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his .Majesty... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 334 pages
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 pages
...at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would flee to the door with yelping precipitation. use. For a long while he used to console himself,...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade through a long, lazy summer's day, talking listlessly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of peipctual club of the sagea, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village ; which held its... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged-tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool l that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console...frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers,2 and other idle personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before... | |
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