The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed as if I had been placed completely out of the reach of all amusement! The windows... Bracebridge Hall: Or, the Humorists - Pàgina 49per Washington Irving - 1845 - 375 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1822 - 446 pàgines
...judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casement ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting room commanded a full view of the stableyard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man... | |
| 1822 - 452 pàgines
...pattered against the casement ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to ihe windows in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting room commanded a full view of the stableyard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man... | |
| 1822 - 962 pàgines
...judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casement ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of...windows of my bed-room looked out among tiled roofs und stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting room commanded a full view of the stableyard. I know... | |
| 1822 - 522 pàgines
...the windows in quest of travellers or riders; a kind of commnething to amuse the eye ; but it sacmed as if I had been placed completely out of the reach of all amusement. The windows of my bed room •looked out among tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting room commanded... | |
| 1823 - 624 pàgines
...judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sit ting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know oi" nothing more calculated to make... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pàgines
...pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound- I went to the window in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed...The windows of my bed-room looked out among tiled voofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard.... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pàgines
...judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of...something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed as if I hod been placed completely out of the reach of all amusement. The windows of my bed-room looked out... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 pàgines
...against the casements ; the bells tolled for durch with a melancholy sound. I went to the »MiAiws in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed as if I had been placed completely ntof the reach of all amusement. The windows of m bed-room lookrd out among tiled roofs and "Kki of... | |
| 1822 - 608 pàgines
...casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. — I •went to the windows in search of something to amuse the eye, but it seemed as if...bed-room looked out among tiled roofs and stacks of chimnivs, while those of my sittiug-room commanded a view of the stable-yard. The place was littered... | |
| 1832 - 478 pàgines
...judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of...sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know o. nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day. The... | |
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