 I was as eager for the hours of story-telling as the children themselves; I was quite curious about the future course of my own improvisation, and any invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 741866Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 560 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one...of his favourites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress his tears. He often burst in with ' But,... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 482 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes; and when the fate of one of his favorites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 456 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes; and when the fate of one of his favorites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 470 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one of his favorites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Mothers - 1859 - 444 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one...of his favourites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell in his temples, I saw him repress his tears And when I made a pause for... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 358 pages
...There she sat, and there Wolfgang — the future creator of Fausts, and Gretchens, and Mignons — held her with his large black eyes ; and when the fate...story next day, I was certain that he would in the meanwhile think it out for himself, and so he often stimulated my imagination." His grandmother, who... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Authors, German - 1872 - 430 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one of his favorites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress... | |
 | Saint-Nicholas - 1879 - 844 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one of his favorites was not according lo his fancy. I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress... | |
 | Children's literature - 1879 - 448 pages
...invitation which interrupted these evenings was disagreeable. There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one of his favorites was not according to his fancy. I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Motherhood - 1882 - 420 pages
...the hours of story-telling as the children themselves. . . . There I sat, and there Wolfgang held me with his large black eyes ; and when the fate of one...of his favourites was not according to his fancy, I saw the angry veins swell on his temples, I saw him repress his tears. . . . And when I paused for... | |
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