 | 1820 - 876 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of. them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...be found to have the tails of mermaids — but this 1 look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. " The grand... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...of mermaids — but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum,... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his tocviuwomen grew to have webbed 6ngen like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...of mermaids — but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. ' The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum,... | |
 | 1820 - 730 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswonirn grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...be found to have the tails of mermaids — but this 1 look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. " The grand... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...tails of mermaids ; but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum,... | |
 | George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...tails of mermaids ; but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...of mermaids — but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or, what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. 197 NKW YORK. " The grand parlor was... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 662 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be examined into, would be found to have the tails of mermaids—but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or, what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 472 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be examined into, would be found to have the tails of mermaids—but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is a worse, a wilful misrepresentation.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 472 pagina’s
...gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...of mermaids — but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is a worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum,... | |
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... historian of the day gravely tells us that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be examined into, would be found to have the tails of mermaids, — but this I... 
