From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day like the hum of a bee-hive, interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master in the tone of menace or command, or... The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ... - Página 204por Washington Irving - 1830 - 316 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a bee-hive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in joind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod and spoil the child." • — Ichabod Crane's... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod and spoil the child." Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
| 1896 - 374 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard of a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative ' voice...tone of menace or command, or, peradventure, by the appalli1ig sound of the birch as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1897 - 72 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard of a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...mind the golden maxim, "spare the rod and spoil the child."—Ichabod Crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled. I would not have it imagined, however,... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod and spoil the child." — Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 páginas
...some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod...and spoil the child." — Ichabod Crane's scholars were certainly not spoiled. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates... | |
| Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard on a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a bee-hive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod and spoil the child." — Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
| Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day like the hum of a bee-hive, interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
| Washington Irving - 1900 - 170 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard of a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, perad venture, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery... | |
| William Landon Felter - 1900 - 244 páginas
...voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard of a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice...the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, pcrad venture, by the appalling sound of the birch, as lie urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery... | |
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