 | 1822 - 962 pages
...sitting room commanded a full view of the stableyard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day....surrounding an island of muck ; there were several half-drownrd fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crestfallen cock, drenched... | |
 | England - 1822 - 446 pages
...sitting room commanded a full view of the stableyard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day....one corner was a stagnant pool of water, surrounding art island of muck ; there were several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which... | |
 | 1822 - 522 pages
...stable yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable yard on a rainy day. The place was littered with wet straw...kicked about by travellers and stable-boys. In one comer was a stagnant pool of water surrounding- an island of muck; there were several half drowned... | |
 | 1823 - 624 pages
...ting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know oi" nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day. The place was littered with wet straw that bad been kicked about by travellers and stable-boys. In one corner wa* a stagnant pool of water, surrounding... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day....together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit ; his drooping tail, matted as it were, into... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 360 pages
...sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day. The place was littered with straw that had been kicked about by travellers and stable-boys. In one corner was a stagnant pool of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stableyard on a rainy day....together under a cart, among which was a miserable crest fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirits : his drooping tail matted, as it were, into... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard. I know o. nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day. The place was littered with straw, that had been kicked about by travellers and stable-boys. In one corner was a stagnant pool... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 438 pages
...wet Sunday, in the story of the Stout Gentleman. " I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world, than a stable-yard on a rainy...about by travellers and stable-boys. In one corner WM a stagnant pool of water, surrounding an island of muck : there were several half-drowned fowls... | |
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I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable-yard on a rainy day. The place was littered with wet straw that had been kicked about by travellers and stable-boys. 
