 He had the manner of a practised narrator, and it is quite evident that he is one ; he chuckled at the interesting parts, and laid his withered finger on my knee as he gave out the terrible bits with due solemnity. A small boy in a kilt, with large round...  Popular Tales of the West Highlands - Page xxx1860 - 353 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1862 - 586 pages
...at the interesting parts, and laid his withered finger on my knee as he gave out the terrible parts with due solemnity. A small boy in a kilt, with large round glittering eyes, was standing mute at his yOL. Iv. II knee, gazing at his wrinkled face, and devouring every word. The boy's mother first boiled,... | |
 | 1862 - 594 pages
...at the interesting parts, and laid his withered finger on my knee as he gave out the terrible parts with due solemnity. A small boy in a kilt, with large round glittering eyes, was standing mute at his VOL. IV. II knee, gazing at his wrinkled face, and devouring every word. The boy's motherfirst boiled,... | |
 | 1863 - 634 pages
...it is quite evident that he is one; he chuckled at the interesting parts, and laid his finger on uiy knee as he gave out the terrible bits with due solemnity....gazing at his wrinkled face and devouring every word. Three wayfarers dropped in, and listened for a spell, and passed tbeir remarks, till the ford was shallow.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1864 - 596 pages
...ileep — old talet that he had not heard fur threescore year».4 " He had the manner of a practiced narrator, and it is quite evident that he is one ;...he gave out the terrible bits with due solemnity. A email boy in a kilt, with large round glittering eyes, was standing mute at his knee, gazing at his... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1867 - 394 pages
...right at all." "They came into his mind," he said, "sometimes at night when he could not sleep — old tales that he had not heard for threescore years."...kilt, with large round glittering eyes, was standing nrute at his knee, gazing at his wrinkled face, and devouring every word . The boy's mother first boiled... | |
 | Holger Pedersen - 1994 - 292 pages
...islands who knew them so well ... He had the manner of a practised narrator, and it is quite evident he is one; he chuckled at the interesting parts, and...with due solemnity. A small boy in a kilt, with large roung glittering eyes, was standing mute at his knee, gazing at his wrinkled face, and devouring every... | |
 | 1862 - 594 pages
...at the interesting parts, and laid his withered finger on my knee as he gave out the terrible parts with due solemnity. A small boy in a kilt, with large round glittering eyes, was standing mute at his VOL. IV. II knee, gazing at his wrinkled face, and devouring every word. The boy's mother first boiled,... | |
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