 ... was left but the spoon. He gradually fell asleep bolt upright in his chair, with the empty glass standing before him ; and the candle seemed to fall asleep too, for the wick grew long, and black, and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Seite 365von Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1822 - 446 Seiten
...and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless,...drop — drop — drop, from the eaves of the house. The church bells chimed midnight. All at once the stout gentleman began to walk over head, pacing slowly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 406 Seiten
...and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless,...drop — drop — drop, from the eaves of the house. The church bells chimed midnight. All at once the stout gentleman began to walk over head, pacing slowly... | |
 | 1822 - 522 Seiten
...almost ; around hung the shapeless and _jt spectral box-coats of departed travellers, long since hurried in deep sleep. I only heard the ticking of the clock...sleeping toper, and the drippings of the rain, drop — dropdrop, from the eaves of the house. — The church bells chimed midnight; all at once the stout... | |
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 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 Seiten
...and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless,...drop — drop — drop, from the eaves of the house. The church bells chimed midnight. All at once the Stout Gentleman began to walk over head, pacing slowly... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 Seiten
...and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless,...drop — drop — drop, from the eaves of the house. The church bells chimed midnight. All at once the stout gentleman began to walk over head., pacing... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...little ight that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hong the shapeless and almost spectral box-coats of departed travellers, long since buried in deep sleep. 1 only heard the ticking of the clock, with the deep-drawn breathings of the sleeping toper, and the... | |
 | 1826 - 360 Seiten
...and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless...breathings of the sleeping toper, and the drippings of the rain,—drop—drop—drop,— from the eaves of the house. The church-bells chimed midnight. All at... | |
 | 1832 - 478 Seiten
...and cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little light that remained in the chamber. The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless and almost spectral box-coats of the travellers, long since buried in deep sleep. I only heard the ticking of the clock, with the deep-drawn... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 276 Seiten
...cabbaged at the end, and dimmed the little Mght that remained in the chamber. • The gloom that now prevailed was contagious. Around hung the shapeless,...sleep. I only heard the ticking of the clock, with fee deep-drawn breathings of the sleeping topers, and the drippings of the rain, drop—drop— drop,... | |
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