 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 17by Washington Irving - 2005 - 68 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...Proposition vor sich duldet. — Do vertritt das Verb des Hauptsatzes: direct and superintend. dent85 and authority for every 'merrie disport;' yet I assure...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,... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - English literature - 1880 - 396 pages
...meadow, the deep-tangled wild wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew. Saml. Woodworth. HOME. 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, Shetch Booh. HOPE. WITH him went Hope in rank, a handsome maid, Of cheerful... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...rallying-place of the affections. WASHINGTON IRVING. It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make hU he real instead of the titular. In every society some are can bestow. WASHINGTON IRVING. The road to home happiness lies over small stepping-stones. Slight circumstances... | |
 | Agriculture - 1881 - 770 pages
...influences they can exert over their young ones ? Washington Irving says of one of his characters, that " It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make...that home was the happiest place in the world, and to realize the delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." I cannot,... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1882 - 220 pages
...for them, as we look up to those who have cherished us in childhood. My father was always acrupulous in exacting our holidays and having us around him...home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." We were interrupted by the clangour of a troop of dogs of all sorts and sizes, " mongrel,... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...father was always scrupulous in exacting our holidays, and having us around him on family festivals. It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make...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,... | |
 | Cyril Church - 1883 - 854 pages
...who said, in reference to the necessity of making a home happy, " it was the policy of the good man to make his children feel that home was the happiest...home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." And because there are many little details connected with home-life which are so obvious... | |
 | John Thomas Dale - Conduct of life - 1887 - 650 pages
...child's existence." Washington Irving, in a description of one of his inimitable characters, says: " It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make...happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.'' Another writer has beautifully said... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 252 pages
...of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people. Mrs. Sigourney. 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. There is a magic in the little word home — it is a mystic circle that... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...there a cottage will hold as much happiness as might stock a palace. Dr. James Hamilton. INFLUENCE OF. It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make...home was the happiest place in the world; and I value the delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. Washington Irving. LOVE... | |
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