 ... went further and was rather noisy. At such times, too, his face flamed with augmented blazonry, as if cannel coal had been heaped on anthracite. He made an unpleasant racket with his chair; spilled his sandbox; in mending his pens, impatiently split...  Putnam's Monthly - Sivu 5471853Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Herman Melville - 1856 - 456 sivua
...sand-box ; iji mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces, and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion ; stood up, and leaned over his...creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not' easily to' be matched — for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities,... | |
 | 1927 - 528 sivua
...his sand-box ; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces, and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion ; stood up, and leaned over his...creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a Btyle not easily to be matched— for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities,... | |
 | Herman Melville - 2006 - 322 sivua
...his sandbox; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up and leaned over his...creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easily to be matched — for these reasons I was willing to overlook his eccentricities,... | |
 | Lenora Ledwon - 1996 - 524 sivua
...his sand,box; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces, and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up, and leaned over his...creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easily to be matched — for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities,... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1998 - 468 sivua
...his sand-box; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces, and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up and leaned over his...creature too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easy to be matched — for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities, though... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1997 - 522 sivua
...manner, vety sad to behold m an elderly man hke him. Nevertheless, as he was m many ways a most valnable person to me, and all the time before twelve o'clock, meridian, was the qmckest, steadiest creature too, accomphshmg a great deal of work ma style not easy to be matched —... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1998 - 316 sivua
...his sand-box; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces, and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up and leaned over his...creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easily to be matched for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities, though,... | |
 | Joseph Hillis Miller, Manuel Asensi - 1999 - 560 sivua
...not come to his chambers to work after twelve o'clock because of his inflamed ways after that hour: "As he was in many ways a most valuable person to...creature too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easy to be matched—for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities, though... | |
 | Thomas Augst - 2003 - 334 sivua
...[Turkey's] pen blending with the crisp particles in his mouth" and his "boxing his papers about in an indecorous manner, very sad to behold in an elderly man like him" (15); he hears Nipper's teeth "audibly grind together over mistakes committed in copying," as well... | |
 | Herman Melville - 2004 - 516 sivua
...his sandbox; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces, and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up, and leaned over his...creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easily to be matched — for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities,... | |
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