 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...to the discourse of these little creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a muscheto; in which dispute they spent their time, seeming as regardless of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...the discourse of these little creature« ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a mabchtln ; in which dispute they spent their time, seemingly as regardless... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...application to the study of little creatures; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation. I found, however, uy some broken expression! that I heard now and then, they were disputing warmly on the merit of two... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...to the discourse of these little creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a motcheto ; in which dispute they spent their time, seemingly as regardless... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...to the discourse of these little creatures; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....some broken expressions that I heard now and then, thej were disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, the one a cousin, the other u tuoscheln... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...to the discourse of these little creatures; but as they, in their natural vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a mosquito; in which dispute they spent their time, seemingly as regardless... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...the discourse of these little creatures ; but, as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a musqmto ; in which dispute they spent their time, seemingly as regardless... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...the best excuse I can give for the little progress I have made in ona vvacy, spo r our ogeer, cou mae but little of their conversation. I found, however,...disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a moacheto ; in which dispute they spent their time, seeming as regardless... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...to the discourse of those little creatures; but, as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation....disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a gnat, the other a mosquito; in which dispute they spent their time, as regardless of the shortness... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or fo'ir together, I could make bnt little of their conversation. I found, however, by...disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cautín, the other а mote/irlo ; in which dispute they spent their time, seemingly as regardless... | |
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I listened through curiosity to the discourse of these little creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation. I found, however, by some broken expressions that I heard now... 
