 ... cock, drenched out of all life and spirit; his drooping tail matted, as it were, into a single feather, along which the water trickled from his back; near the cart was a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with...  Bracebridge Hall: Or, The Humorists, a Medley - Page 77by Washington Irving - 1867 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse, tired of his stable, was poking his spectral head out of a window,...in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather itself: every thing, in short, was comfortless and forlorn, excepting a crew of hard-drinking ducks, assembled... | |
 | 1822 - 962 pages
...a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of va,ppur rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse,...and then, between a bark and a yelp ; a drab of a kitchen wench tramped backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 406 pages
...his spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves ; an unhappy VOL. i. I cur, chained to a doghouse hard by, uttered something...and then, between a bark and a yelp ; a drab of a kitchen wench tramped backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1823 - 610 pages
...a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired...and then, between a bark and a yelp ; a drab of a kitchen wench tramped backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather... | |
 | 1823 - 624 pages
...a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired...and then, between a bark and a yelp ; a drab of a kitchen wench tramped backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 380 pages
...a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse,...in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather itself ; every thing, in short, was comfortless and forlorn, excepting a crew of harddrinking ducks, assembled... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide ; a wall-eyed horse,...and then, between a bark and a yelp ; a drab of a kitchen wench tramped backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...of. a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves ; an unhappy cur, chained to a dog-lwuse hard by, uttered Something every now and then between a bark and a yelp ; a drab of a kitchen wench trampled backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, looking as sulky as the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 360 pages
...a half-dozing cow, chewing the cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired...in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather itself; every thing, in short, was comfortless and forlorn, excepting a crew of hard-drinking ducks, assembled... | |
 | 1822 - 608 pages
...of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves. An unhappy cur chained to a dog-house bard by, uttered something every now and then between a...in pattens, looking as sulky as the weather itself. Every thing, in short, was comfortless and forlorn, except a crew of hard-drinking ducks assembled... | |
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