 Fennel fell back upon the intermediate plan of mingling short dances with short periods of talk and singing, so as to hinder any ungovernable rage in either. But this scheme was entirely confined to her own gentle mind: the shepherd himself was in the...  The Great Modern English Stories: An Anthology - Page 4edited by - 1919 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1883 - 874 pages
...unconscionable deal of toping that they would sometimes fairly drink the house dry. A dancing party was the alternative; but this, while avoiding the...accompanied by a booming groundbass from Elijah New, the parish clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favorite musical instrument, the serpent. Dancing... | |
 | 1883 - 736 pages
...the mood to exhibit the most reckless phases of hospitality. The fiddler was a boy of those pails, about twelve years of age, who had a wonderful dexterity...the dance exceed the length of a quarter of an hour. long as they had muscle and wind. Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances... | |
 | 1885 - 276 pages
...wife being a dairyman's daughter from the valley below, who brought fifty guineas in her pocket—and kept them there, till they should be required for...accompanied by a booming ground-bass from Elijah New, the parish clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favourite musical instrument, the serpent.... | |
 | Tales - 1885 - 272 pages
...wife being a dairyman's daughter from the valley below, who brought fifty guineas in her pocket—and kept them there, till they should be required for...accompanied by a booming ground-bass from Elijah New, the parish clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favourite musical instrument, the serpent.... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1910 - 688 pages
...scale. Shepherd Fennel had married well, his wife being a dairyman's daughter from a vale at a distance, who brought fifty guineas in her pocket — and kept...parish-clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favorite musical instrument, the serpent. Dancing was instantaneous, Mrs. Fennel privately enjoining... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1912 - 588 pages
...unconscionable deal of toping that they would sometimes fairly drink the house dry. A dancing party was the alternative, but this, while avoiding the...accompanied by a booming ground-bass from Elijah New, the parish clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favourite musical instrument, the serpent.... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 404 pages
...wonderful dexterity in jigs and reels, though his fingers were so small and short as to necessitate 25 a constant shifting for the high notes, from which...begun, accompanied by a booming ground-bass from Elijah Xew, the parish-clerk, who had 30 thoughtfully brought with him his favorite musical instrument, the... | |
 | 1914 - 424 pages
...his fingers were so small and short as to necessitate a constant shifting for the high notes, from V which he scrambled back to the first position with...this youngster had begun, accompanied by a booming ground bass from Elijah New, the parish clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favorite musical... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1915 - 340 pages
...unconscionable deal of toping that they would sometimes fairly drink the house dry. A dancing party was the alternative ; but this, while avoiding the...accompanied by a booming ground-bass from Elijah New, the parish clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favorite musical instrument, the serpent.1... | |
 | 1919 - 478 pages
...back upon the intermediate plan of mingling short dances with short periods of talk and singing, so as hinder any ungovernable rage in either. But this scheme...parish-clerk, who had thoughtfully brought with him his favorite musical instrument, the serpent. Dancing was instantaneous, Mrs. Fennel privately enjoining... | |
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