 Witchcraft, in which, by the way, he most firmly and potently believed. He was, in fact, an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary ; and both had...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 241by Washington Irving - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 pages
...were equally extraordinary ; and both hod been increased by his residence in this spellbound re gion. No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious...clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by hL< school-house, and there con over old Mather's direful tales, until the gathering dusk of the evening... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary ; and both had been...too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary; and both had been...too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...Mather's History of New England Witcheraft, in which, by the way, he most firmly and potently believed. bed of clover, bordering the little brook that whimpered...school-house, and there con over old Mather's direful talcs, until the gathering dusk of the evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes. Then,... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 pages
...small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary ; and both had been...too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow, m It was often his delight, after his school was dismissed in the afternoon, to stretch himself on... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 200 pages
...small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary ; and both had been...Mather's direful tales, until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes. Then, as he wended his way, by swamp and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...small shrewdness32 and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound33 region. No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow. It was often bis... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 550 pages
...small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary; and both had been...his delight, after his school was dismissed in the 458 afternoon, to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover, bordering the little brook that whimpered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 pages
...of small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvelous and his powers of digesting it were equally extraordinary; and both had been increased...Mather's direful tales until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes. Then, as he wended his way, by swamp and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 pages
...appetite lor the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary : and >oth had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound...tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious s\vallo\v. It was often his delight, after his school was dismissed in the afternoon, to stretch himself... | |
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