You may walk the streets without meeting a single person ; or if, by chance, you meet one, you scarcely dare to stop and talk with him. A Frenchman that lodged with me took it into his head to play on the flute on Sundays for his amusement. The people... Bacon's Dictionary of Boston - Page 382by Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1886 - 469 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Stetson Barry - Massachusetts - 1857 - 494 pages
...grace to the music, and contributes greatly towards keeping up the attention of the worshippers.8 1 * A Frenchman that lodged with me took it into his head...were greatly enraged, collected in crowds round the doors, and would have earned matters to extremity in a short time with the musician, had not the landlord... | |
| George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1875 - 746 pages
...hurry of business, is on this day a mere desert. You may walk the streets without meeting a single person ; or if, by chance, you meet one, you scarcely...were greatly enraged, collected in crowds round the doors, and would have carried matters to extremity in a short time with the musician, had not the landlord... | |
| Justin Winsor - Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 790 pages
...hurry of business, is on this day a mere desert ; you may walk the streets without meeting a single person, or if by chance you meet one, you scarcely...were greatly enraged, collected in crowds round the house, and would have carried matters to extremity in a short time with the musician, had not the landlord... | |
| George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1884 - 686 pages
...hurry of business, is on this day a mere desert. You may walk the streets without meeting a single person ; or if, by chance, you meet one, you scarcely...were greatly enraged, collected in crowds round the doors, and would have carried matters to extremity in a short time with the musician, had not the landlord... | |
| Mary Caroline Crawford - Boston (Mass.) - 1909 - 602 pages
...on this day a mere desert; you may walk the streets without meeting a single person or if perchance you meet one, you scarcely dare to stop and talk with...the flute on Sundays for his amusement; the people on hearing it were greatly enraged, collected in crowds around the house and would have carried matters... | |
| Charles P. Hanson - History - 1998 - 296 pages
...One of Robin's compatriots had discovered the risks involved in less discreet comportment on Sunday. "A Frenchman that lodged with me took it into his...were greatly enraged, collected in crowds round the house and would have carried matters to extremity in a short time with the musician, had not the landlord... | |
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