 | 1875 - 444 pages
...it and from the heart, thus rectified, grows a conformity in the life, the words, and the actions. A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Irving. We take great liberties with those from... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air,4 casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,...and, at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would flee to the door with yelping precipitation. VAN WINKLE AT THE INN. Times grew worse and worse... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 510 pages
...moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail dropped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...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... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 pages
...moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail dropped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharg tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant~~use. FoT~a~long while he~used... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1878 - 152 pages
...moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the 125 door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 pages
...moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least nourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation, i/"* Times grew... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 pages
...? Why is it called his patrimonial estate ? What is meant by a " torrent of household eloquence " ? "A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." To whom does this apply? What is the force of the... | |
 | 1880 - 444 pages
...moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...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... | |
 | 1880 - 516 pages
...moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with ago, an 3 a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...moment Wolf entered 45 the house his crest fell , his tail dropped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting...would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. 40). whichever can be got etc. wortl. welches von beiden etc., besser deutsch: ,,je oacbdem sie eins... | |
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... and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and... 
