American Humor: Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, EtcPutnam, 1886 - 287 páginas |
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... half a century , the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling , without once troubling his head with any of those numerous theories by which a philosopher would have perplexed his brain , in accounting for its rising above the ...
... half a century , the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling , without once troubling his head with any of those numerous theories by which a philosopher would have perplexed his brain , in accounting for its rising above the ...
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... half an hour without saying a word ; at length , laying his finger beside his nose , and shutting his eyes for a moment , with the air of a man who has just caught a subtle idea by the tail , he slowly took his pipe from his mouth ...
... half an hour without saying a word ; at length , laying his finger beside his nose , and shutting his eyes for a moment , with the air of a man who has just caught a subtle idea by the tail , he slowly took his pipe from his mouth ...
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... half of the Chinese alphabet , and was unanimously pronounced a " univer- sal genius ! " Thus end the authenticated chronicles of the reign of William the Testy ; for henceforth , in the troubles , perplexities , and confusion of the ...
... half of the Chinese alphabet , and was unanimously pronounced a " univer- sal genius ! " Thus end the authenticated chronicles of the reign of William the Testy ; for henceforth , in the troubles , perplexities , and confusion of the ...
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... with a visage as faded as her dress . Above half a century ago Dr. Heidegger had been on the point of marriage with this young lady ; but , being affected with some slight disorder , she DR . HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT . 27.
... with a visage as faded as her dress . Above half a century ago Dr. Heidegger had been on the point of marriage with this young lady ; but , being affected with some slight disorder , she DR . HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT . 27.
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... half a century could ever bloom again ? " " Nonsense ! " said the Widow Wycherly , with a peevish toss of her head . " You might as well ask whether an old woman's wrinkled face could ever bloom again . " " See ! " answered Dr ...
... half a century could ever bloom again ? " " Nonsense ! " said the Widow Wycherly , with a peevish toss of her head . " You might as well ask whether an old woman's wrinkled face could ever bloom again . " " See ! " answered Dr ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 194 - An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
Página 5 - ... a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by those lines and angles which disfigure the human countenance with what is termed expression. Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusty red, like a spitzenberg apple.
Página 195 - An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted. The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm from floor to ceilin', An' she looked full ez rosy agin Ez the apples she was peelin'.
Página 226 - Applause followed, which turned Dennis's head. He rose, fluttered, and tried No. 3 : "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not longer occupy the time!
Página 194 - There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An...
Página 216 - But Dr. Wigan does not go into these niceties of this subject, and I failed. It was then, that, on my wife's suggestion, I resolved to look out for a Double. I was, at first, singularly successful. We happened to be recreating at Stafford Springs that summer. We rode out one day, for one of the relaxations of that watering-place, to the great Monson Poor-House.
Página 232 - Very well, thank you. And you?" This for an answer to casual salutations. 2. "I am very glad you liked it." 3. "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not occupy the time.
Página 92 - And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears ? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years ! " Why, yes ; for memory would recall My fond paternal joys ; I could not bear to leave them all ; I'll take — my — girl — and — boys...
Página 40 - Dance with me, Clara," cried Colonel Killigrew. " No, no ! I will be her partner," shouted Mr. Gascoigne. " She promised me her hand fifty years ago," exclaimed Mr. Medbourne. They all gathered round her. One caught both her hands in his passionate grasp, another threw his arm about her waist, the third buried his hand among the glossy curls that clustered beneath the widow's cap. Blushing, panting, struggling, chiding, laughing, her warm breath fanning each of their faces by turns, she strove to...
Página 26 - ... little better than a mendicant. Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years, and his health and substance, in the pursuit of sinful pleasures, which had given birth to a brood of pains, such as the gout, and divers other torments of soul and body. Mr. Gascoigne was a ruined politician, a man of evil fame, or at least had been so till time had buried him from the knowledge of the present generation, and made him obscure instead of infamous.