... from the growling end to the little squeaky one. Then those two hands of hers made a jump at the keys as if they were a couple of tigers coming down on a flock of black and white sheep, and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod... The Musical World - Pagina 2411872Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1872 - 806 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great ' howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop, — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...and you had trod on both of 'em at once, and then x grand clatter and scramble and string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 232 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop, — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and mice more than like anything I call music. I like... | |
| 1872 - 794 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop, — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and mice mors than like anything I call music. I like... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 438 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop, — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and mice more than like anything I call music. I like... | |
| Samuel Barker (M.D.) - 1875 - 364 pagina’s
...the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Bead stop ; — so still that you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...once ; and then a grand clatter and scramble, and a string of jumps up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and... | |
| John Piersol McCaskey - 1881 - 188 pagina’s
...gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop — so still that you could hear youi hair growing! Then another jump and another howl, as if the piano had two tails and you had trod on 'em both at once, and then a grand clatter and scramble and string of jumps, up and down, back and... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great howl, as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and mice more than like anything I call music. I like... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great howl, as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another howl, as if the piano had two tailsand you had trod on both of 'em at once, and then a grand clatter and scramble and string of jumps,... | |
| William Sloane Kennedy - 1883 - 374 pagina’s
...sheep, and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop,— so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and mice more than like anything I call music." Next,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 354 pagina’s
...and the piano gave a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop, — so still you could hear your hair growing. Then another jump, and another...string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, like a stampede of rats and mice more than like anything I call music. I like... | |
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