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" He used to direct and superintend our games with the strictness that some parents do the studies of their children. He was very particular that we should play the old English games according to their original form, and consulted old books for precedent... "
Old Christmas - Page 17
by Washington Irving - 2005 - 68 pages
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...avenue, on returning home on school vacations ! How often have I played under these trees when a boy ! I feel a degree of filial reverence for them, as we...old gentleman to make his children feel that home twas the happiest place in' the world; and I Tahie this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...yet I assure you there never was .pedantry so delightful. It was the policy of the good old ^entkman to make his children feel that home -was the happiest...and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of tbe choicest gifts a parent could bestow.» We were interrupted by the clamour of a troop of dogs of...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...and consulted old books for precedent and authority for every ' merrie disport ;' yet I assure yon there never was pedantry so delightful. It was the...make his children feel that home was the happiest plape in the world ; and I value this delicions home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq

Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...avenue, on returning home on school vacations ! How often have I played under these trees when a boy ! I feel a degree of filial reverence for them , as...happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-f eeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." We were interrupted by the clamour...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - Americans - 1843 - 458 pages
...when a boy! I feel a degree of filial reverence for them, as we look up to those who have ctierished us in childhood. My father was always scrupulous in...home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." We were interrupted by the clamour of a troop of dogs of all sorts and sizes, "mongrel,...
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The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq

Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...original form; and consulted old books for precedent and authority for every 'merrie disport;' yell assure you there never was pedantry so delightful....and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of thechoicest gifts a parent can bestow." We were interrupted by the clamour of a troop of dogs of all...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn

Washington Irving - Americans - 1852 - 580 pages
...avenue, on returning home on school vacations ! How often have I played under these trees when a boy ! I feel a degree of filial reverence for them, as we...and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of th$ choicest gifts a parent could bestow." We were interrupted by the clamor of a troop of dogs of...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...afterwards. SIR ARTHUR HELPS. The paternal hearth, that rallying-place of the affections. WASHINGTON IRVING. It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make...home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. WASHINGTON IRVING. The road to home happiness lies over small stepping-stones. Slight circumstances...
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The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 2

James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 pages
...Christian Church. fSpl\ Comni. a Michaelis. "It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make hia children feel that home was the happiest place in...home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." — Washington Irving. It was the boast of Lucullus that he changed his climate with the...
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Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for ...

Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1878 - 186 pages
...precedent 1 and authority for every ' merrie disport ' ; yet I assure you there never was pedantry2 so delightful. It was the policy of the good old gentleman...happiest place in the world ; and I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent could bestow." We were interrupted by the clamor...
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