... and laying it on those of the strong. Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrongheaded,... The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ... - Page 204by Washington Irving - 1830 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Washington Irving - Readers - 1878 - 152 pages
...indicting a double portion on some little tough, wrongheaded, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch. All this he i« called " doing his duty by their parents " ; and he never inflicted a chastisement without following... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1880 - 242 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the...thank him for it the longest day he had to live." day afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty sisters, or... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 234 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the...chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consola tory to the smarting urchin, that " he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day... | |
| Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...were satisfied, by inflicting a double portion on some little, though, wrong-headed, broad-skirted20 Dutch urchin, who skulked and swelled and grew dogged...birch. All this he called ,,doing his duty by their parents;"21 and he never inflicted a chastisement without following 22 it by the assurance, so consolatory... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some littlo, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the...companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty sisters,... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill (N.Y.) - 1882 - 258 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broadskirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch. All this h* called "doing his duty by their parents;" and be never inflicted a chastisement without following... | |
| Washington Irving - 1883 - 52 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked, and swelled, and grew dogged and sullen beneath the...never inflicted a chastisement without following it by 150 the assurance, so consolatory to the smarting urchin, that "he would remember it, and thank him... | |
| Washington Irving - Americans - 1885 - 398 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the...companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty sisters,... | |
| Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the...thank him for it the longest day he had to live." When school-hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys, and on holiday afternoons... | |
| 1890 - 864 pages
...inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrong-beaded, broadskirted Dutch urchin, who sulked anil swelled and grew dogged and sullen, beneath the birch...." doing his duty by their parents ;" and he never intiicted a chftitiseuicnt without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to the smarting urchin,... | |
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