 ... so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot.  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Página 3141820Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 páginas
...running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of bis pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a bee- hive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...hill, with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...hill, with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 534 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out ; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...and a formidable birch tree growing at one end of 't. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 páginas
...some embarrassment in getting out ; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The school-house stood...the foot of a woody hill, with a brook running close and a formidable birch tree growing at one end of it. hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 páginas
...him for the genius of Famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. The school-house stood in a rather lonely but pleasant...hill, with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 520 páginas
...an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel - pot. The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant...hill, with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it. From hence the low murmur of his pupils' voices, conning over... | |
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