 Indeed it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils. The revenue arising from his school was small, and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Seite 264von Washington Irving - 1834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1918 - 424 Seiten
...the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according to country 251 custom in those parts, boarded and lodged at the houses...successively a week at a time, thus going the rounds of the neighborhood, with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief. That all this might not... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1919 - 650 Seiten
...with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according to country custom in those parts, boarded and zo lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed. With these he lived successively... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 456 Seiten
...sufficient to furnish him with daily bread. But to help out his maintenance, he was, according to the country custom in those parts, boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose 25 children he instructed. With these he lived successively a week at a time ; thus going the rounds... | |
 | Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1920 - 238 Seiten
...daily bread — for he was a huge feeder, and though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda — but to help out his maintenance he was, according...successively a week at a time, thus going the rounds of the neighborhood with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief. That all this might not... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 Seiten
...with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according...instructed. With these he lived successively a week That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 Seiten
...with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according...instructed. With these he lived successively a week That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his ' rustic patrons, who are apt to consider... | |
 | William Louis Ettinger - 1922 - 280 Seiten
...have been scarcely enough to furnish him with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder ; but to help out he was, according to country custom in those parts,...successively a week at a time ; thus going the rounds of the neighborhood, with all his worldly goods tied up in a cotton handkerchief. That all this might not... | |
 | 1925 - 568 Seiten
...with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance he was, according...successively a week at a time, thus going the rounds of the neighborhood with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief. That all this might not... | |
 | Isobel Davidson - 1925 - 512 Seiten
...with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according...successively a week at a time, thus going the rounds of the neighborhood, with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief. That all this might not... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1926 - 648 Seiten
...with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according...successively a week at a time, thus going the rounds of the neighborhood, with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief. 12 That all this might... | |
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