 ... 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 which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 290by Washington Irving - 1821 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately dcscencled from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by divers little...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 - 1883 - 52 pages
...even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Tims, by divers little makeshifts in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated " by hook and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pages
...still be heard half-a-mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the...thought, by all who understood nothing of the labour of head work, to have a wonderful easy life of It SUFERSTITION. BUT all these were nothing to the tales... | |
 | 1885 - 544 pages
...even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the...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... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 pages
...even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. . . . lie was, in fact, an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity, His appetite for the... | |
 | 1890 - 864 pages
...morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from tho nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by diven little make-shifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated " by hook and by crook," tbe worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought, by all who understood nothing of the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 pages
...the rhymes ; and the main object seems to be to impress indelibly on the learner's mind the letter L. from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by divers little...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor if headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...the rhymes ; and the main object seems to be to impress indelibly on the learner's mind the letter L. from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus, by divers little...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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of head-work, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
 | 1892 - 606 pages
...even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the...was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of head-work, to have a wonderfully easy life of it. The schoolmaster is generally a man of some... | |
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