 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 220 pagine
...in the water, I was invited to take my seat. It appeared to me pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl : I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on the... | |
 | 1840 - 494 pagine
...in the water, I was invited to take my seat. It appeared to me pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl : I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 394 pagine
...in the water, I was invited to take my seat. It appeared to me pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl: I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 278 pagine
...in the water, I was invited to take my seat. It appeared to me pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl : I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top... | |
 | Edward Henry Stanley Earl of Derby - 1850 - 154 pagine
...hand, and made signs that all was ready, there was nothing to be done but embark. I thought first of the wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a bowl ; and then of the alligators ; but the alternative of missing the steamer and passing a month at Chagres,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 268 pagine
...in the water, I was invited to take my seat. It appeared to me pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl : I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1865 - 464 pagine
...Price, 22 guineas, cost double three months since." 'We have heard of Arion riding on a dolphin, and of the wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a bowl ; we have heard of Helle on her ram, and of Europa on her bull ; but we never before heard of a lady... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1868 - 906 pagine
...Price, 22 guineas, cost double three months since." We have heard of Arion riding on a dolphin, and of the wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a bowl ; we have heard of Helle on her ram, and of Europa on her bull ; but we never before heard of a lady... | |
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1871 - 318 pagine
...at all, the two children, both utterly fearless, would certainly have been discovered sailing away, like the wise men of Gotham who 'went to sea in a bowl.' Probably with the same ending to their career ; that — If the bowl had been stronger, My song would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 pagine
...in the water, I was invited to take my seat. It appeared to mo pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl : I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top... | |
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