| William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pagine
...matrimony rolled on ; a 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...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... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pagine
...matrimony rolled on'; a 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...home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the old wiseheads, and other idle people of the village ; which held its sessions on a bench before a small... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pagine
...sharp tongue is the only edged tool 1 that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he vised to console himself, when driven from home, by 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... | |
| Delaware. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1885 - 1060 pagine
...discount of $370, due 8 years hence, at 6 %. GRAMMAR. 1. — Give full analysis of the following : " Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long, la'zy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing. ' ' 2. —... | |
| Washington Irving - 1886 - 152 pagine
...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. ' For a long while he used to console himself, w when driven, from hom,e, by frequenting a kind of...sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the ' ' i ' village, which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait... | |
| 1887 - 1042 pagine
...clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity." Then lounging with his cronies on a bench before a small inn, " designated by a rubicund...Third. . . . Here they used to sit in the shade of long, lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories... | |
| 1888 - 742 pagine
...matrimony rolled on ; a 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...George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pagine
...matrimony rolled on; a 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, l>v frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pagine
...matrimony rolled on ; a 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...sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund8 portrait of his Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade, « of a long,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 pagine
...matrimony rolled on ; a 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...George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy... | |
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