 Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Seite 433von Washington Irving - 1850 - 465 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1820 - 870 Seiten
...besetments, " if " his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more " perplexity to mortal man, than ghosts, goblins, and the whole " race of witches put together, and that was— a .woman." He happened to have " a soft and foolish heart toward the sex ;" and besides this predisposition to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man, than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was a woman.' — vol. ii. p. 363. This fair enemy to the peace of Ichabod Crane was one of his own pupils in psalmody,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man, than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was a woman.' — vol. ii. p. 363. This fair enemy to the peace of Ichabod Crane was one of his own pupils in psalmody,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 Seiten
...through the whole month, "expect — much — rain — about — this — time !" A DESIRABLE MATCH. AMONG the musical disciples who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive his (Ichabod Crane's) instructions in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches...eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 Seiten
...feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart. A DESIRABLE MATCH. AMOVG the musical disciples who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive his (Ichabod Crane's) instructions in psalmody, was Katriua Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1838 - 686 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman." — Skelch-Book. ST. ANTBOHT sat on a lowly stool, And a book was in his hand ; Never his eye from... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1838 - 674 Seiten
...and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that wai — a woman."— Sketch-Book. ST. ANTUOKT tat on a lowly stool, And a book was in his hand ; Never... | |
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