 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 780 pages
...the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction ; and, I may say, it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. In...nor could I avoid thinking, that the insect seemed j to exult in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, examined the strength of every part... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 714 pages
...of the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and 1 may say it more \vas another and a much larger spider, which, having no web of its own, and having probably exhausted... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 296 pages
...the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and, I may say, it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. In...in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, and examined the strength of every part of it, retired into its hole, and came out very frequently.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...of the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and I may say it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. "In...in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, exammed the strength of every part of it, retired into its hole, and came out very frequently. The... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1892 - 572 pages
...the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and, I may say, it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. In...was with incredible diligence completed ; nor could 1 avoid thinking that the insect seemed to exult in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1893 - 780 pages
...the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction; and, I may say, it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. In...nor could I avoid thinking, that the insect seemed lo exult in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, examined the strengtli of every part of... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1898 - 344 pages
...the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction. In three days, the web was completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the insect seemed to exult in living in its new abode. It repeatedly traversed it round, and examined the strength of every part... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 pages
...the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and I may say 35 it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. " In...in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, exattuned the strength of every part of it, retired into its hole, and came out very frequently. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1904 - 374 pages
...of the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and I may gay it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. "In...could I avoid thinking that the insect seemed to exult iu its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, examined the strength of every part of it, retired... | |
 | Ina Capitola Emery - English language - 1915 - 520 pages
...frequently levelled her fatal broom against the labors of the little animal, it evaded her and repaid me by the entertainment it afforded. "In three days...the web was, with incredible diligence, completed. As I watched it, I could but think that the insect exulted in its new abode. It frequently traversed... | |
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... of the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and, I may say, it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. In three days the web was with incredible diligence completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the... 
