 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 of my bed-room looked out among tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room...  The Album - Page 4071822Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 406 pages
...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...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...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...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sittingroom commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man... | |
 | 1822 - 522 pages
...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 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 380 pages
...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...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard, I know of nothing more calculated to make a... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...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 - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...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 - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...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... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 360 pages
...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...tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a... | |
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