 ... 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 master, in the tone of menace or command ; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound...  The Edinburgh monthly review - Page 2881820Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 354 pages
...the master, in the tone of menace or command: or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery...Ichabod Crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 pages
...some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, "Spare the rod...Ichabod Crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 pages
...some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, "Spare the rod...Ichabod Crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1906 - 472 pages
...the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." — Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 pages
...the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1905 - 480 pages
...master, in the tone of menace or command •. or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod and spoil the child."2 Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
 | Mary Blanche Rossman, Mary Wilda Mills - 1905 - 136 pages
...the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. — Washington Irving. 56. Now Giant Despair had a wife, and her name was Diffidence; so he told his... | |
 | 1902 - 438 pages
...the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery...mind the golden maxim, “spare the rod and spoil the child.”—Ichabod Crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled. . Among the musical disciples who... | |
 | Emogene Sanford Simons - 1906 - 220 pages
...passed by with indulgence. He inflicted, however, a double portion on some little Dutch urchin. (B) Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, that ever...Ichabod Crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who... | |
 | Isabel Moore - 1906 - 360 pages
...the master, in the tone of menace or command ; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery...knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Ichabod Crane's scholars... | |
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