 | 1840 - 480 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired in vain for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...one's calling to her from above in the midst of my embarassment. After a moment's pause I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded... | |
 | 1855 - 506 pàgines
...sick, and thnt they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which straftgers might be accommodated. She knew of none such; and...at random. At length I reached a spacious building iu Fourth Street, which the sign-post showed me to be an inn. I knocked loudly and often at the door.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired in vain for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded, in a considerable degree, at random. At length... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1859 - 210 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded, in a considerable degree, at random. At length... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired in vain for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded, in a considerable degree, at random. At length... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired in vain for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded, in a considerable degree, at random. At length... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired in vain for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...me, on some one's calling to her from above, in the inidst of my embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street.... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 494 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded, in a considerable degree, at random. At length... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomfited and perplexed, to the street. I proceeded, in a considerable degree, at random. At length... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - 1907 - 282 pàgines
...parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none...random. At length, I reached a spacious building, in Fourth-street, which the sign-post shewed me to be an inn. I knocked loudly and often at the door.... | |
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... upon one, the hall of which was open, and the windows lifted. After knocking for some time, a young girl appeared, with many marks of distress. In answer to my question, she answered that both her parents were sick, and that they could receive no... 
