Then, riding up to them, he cried out, "Shough! shough!" which made them set down the other foot, and after taking a step or two, they all flew away. Currado then turned to him, and said, "Well, thou lying knave, art thou now convinced that they have... Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present Times - Seite 55von Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1841 - 864 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1835 - 906 Seiten
...can be the matter with you ? Forward, my good Sir, forward." And the disappointed lover cluis»i'd forward with a rueful countenance, inwardly vowing...whether he was on his head or his heels. He cut a pigeon wing at the end of the figure, and again approached his mistress with a more collected and bolder... | |
| Giovanni Boccaccio - 1855 - 626 Seiten
...thou lying knave, art thou now convinced that they have two legs?" Chichibio, quite at his wit's end, and scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, suddenly made answer, "Yes, Sir; but you did not shout out ' Shough ! shough !' to that crane last... | |
| Giovanni Boccaccio - 1881 - 550 Seiten
...thou lying knave, art thou new convinced that they have two legs ?" Chichibio, quite at his wit's end, and scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, suddenly made answer, " Yes, sir ; but you did not shout out ' Shough ! shough !' to that crane last... | |
| 1883 - 394 Seiten
...thou lying knave, art thou now convinced that they have two legs?" Chickibid, quite at his wit's end, and scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, suddenly made answer, "Yes, sir; but you did not shout out 'Shough! shough!' to that crane last night,... | |
| William Alexander Hammond - 1884 - 480 Seiten
...Wilkinses, Mr. Higginses, vigilance committees, and other inconsonant things. He was utterly bewildered, and, scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, he followed the servant to the room that had been assigned to him. "Is .there anything more, sir ?" said... | |
| Marie Corelli - 1892 - 382 Seiten
...sir! " stammered Karl, trying to collect his scattered senses and staring again at Dr. Kremlin ; then, scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, he scrambled out of the room into the passage where he stood for a minute stupefied and inert. " It must... | |
| Giovanni Boccaccio - 1903 - 598 Seiten
...thou lying knave, art thou now convinced that they have two legs?" Chichibio, quite at his wit's end, and scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, suddenly made answer, " Yes, sir ; but you did not shout out ' Shough ! shough ! ' to that crane last... | |
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