 Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.  The Irving Gift: Being Choice Gems - Page 30by Washington Irving - 1853 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - American prose literature - 1886 - 522 pages
...glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to tht? door with yelping precipitation. \ Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years i of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, v and a sharp tongue is the only edged... | |
 | Benjamin Young Conklin - English language - 1889 - 316 pages
...Simple sub. in dep. clause Predicate- verb in dep. cl. . Attribute complement Complex declarative. A sharp tongue is the only edged tool. That grows keener with constant use. That, a relative pronoun. Tongue, modified by a and sharp. Is, unmodified. Tool, mod. by the, only,... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1889 - 524 pages
...with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. is Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 456 pages
...me, and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men. — John Burroughs. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Washington Irving. "Rip Van Winkle." G-od be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant,... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1891 - 348 pages
...best.— Oarlyle. 8. I slept and dreamed that life is Beauty; I woke and found that life is Duty. 4. A tart temper never mellows with age ; and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Irving. 5. A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. — Cowper.... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1891 - 348 pages
...best.—Oarlyle. 3. I slept and dreamed that life is Beauty; I woke and found that life is Duty. 4. A tart temper never mellows with age ; and a sharp...the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.—Irving. 5. A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.—Cowper.... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1891 - 270 pages
...with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with...precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkls as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, wculd flee to the door with yelping precipitation. Times gl ew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellowf. with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener by constant use. For... | |
 | Washington Irving - Avarice - 1893 - 318 pages
...with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with...mellows with age, .and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1894 - 462 pages
...with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with...never mellows with age. and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
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