 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 490 strani
...after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pike-staff; he would continue to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes...his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on » subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 470 strani
...at length, knocking out the ashes would exclaim, 'U ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about." H all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind...scale that he had not room in his head to turn it overland examine both sides of it. Certain it is that if any matter were propounded to him on which... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 474 strani
...he would continue to smoke his pipe silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes would exclain rf Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about."...his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived every... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 strani
...as plain as a pikeMalT, he would continne to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking ont the ashes, would exclaim, "Well! I see nothing in all that to laugh abont." some cuuning Duteh statuary, as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur. He was exactly five... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 478 strani
...after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pike-staff; he would continue to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes...his ideas. He conceived every subject on so grand a. ,-caii' that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both sides of it. Certain it is... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 strani
...after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pikestaff, he would continue to smoke his pipo in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes,..." Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about !" The person of this illustrious old gentleman was formed and proportioned as though it had been moulded... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 strani
...when, after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pikestaff, he would continue to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes,..." Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about !" The person of this illustrious old gentleman was formed and proportioned as though it had been moulded... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 540 strani
...when, after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pikestaff, he would continue to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes,...about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up Ids mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 598 strani
...when, after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pikestaff, he would continue to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes,...about." With all his reflective habits, he never made up liis mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1871 - 532 strani
...when, after much explanation, the joke was made as plain as a pikestaff, he would continue to smoke his pipe in silence, and at length, knocking out the ashes,...for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. Pie conceived every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn it over and... | |
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... if a joke were uttered in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire into the matter, and when, after much explanation, the joke was made as plain... 
