| Washington Irving - 1820 - 540 páginas
...New York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally LOYALTY OF WEATHERCOCKS. 177 constructed of wood, excepting the gable end, which...with abundance of large doors and small windows on everyfloor ; the date of its erection was curiously designated by iron figures on the front ; and on... | |
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 538 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of New York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting...black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street,—as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of New- York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting...were very much given to outward show, and were noted forputting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished with abundance of large doors and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of New- York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting...were very much given to outward show, and were noted forputting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished with abundance of large doors and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 572 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of NewjYork at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable end, which was of small bla<:k and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their descendants,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 354 páginas
...generally constructed of wood, excepting the gahle-end, which was of small hlack and yellow Dutch hricks, and always faced on the street ; as our ancestors,...given to outward show, and were noted for putting the hest leg foremost. The house was always furnished with ahundance of large doors and small windows on... | |
| Washington Irving - 1831 - 522 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of NewYork at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting...and were noted for putting the best leg foremost. 168 LOYALTY OF WEATHERCOCKS. The house was always furnished with abundance of large doors and small... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 294 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of NewYork at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting...faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their de scendants, were very much given to outward show and were noted for putting the best leg foremost.... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 páginas
...chronicler of the "olden time," Dicdrich Knickerbocker : " The houses of the higher classes," says he, " were generally constructed of wood, excepting the...ancestors, like their descendants, were very much Driven .to outward show, and were noted for putting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 490 páginas
...labyrinths, which distinguish certain streets of New- York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting...ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to oatward show, and were noted for putting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished with... | |
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