 ... until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighborhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Página 49de Washington Irving - 1834Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1819 - 610 páginas
...piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in epite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces;...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditiontd farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 páginas
...building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 páginas
...impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent h'ttle piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 páginas
...his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in bis fields than any where else; the rain always made a...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | 1819 - 606 páginas
...to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was impossible. In fact, he declared it was no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | 1826 - 654 páginas
...thing about it went wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cows would either go astray, or get among the cabbages...as he had some out-door work to do ; so that though hi« patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 páginas
...cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worse conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 páginas
...cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worse conditioned firm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 páginas
...cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his lields than any where else; the rain always made a point...under his management , acre by acre , until there w as little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes , yet it was the worst "conditioned... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 páginas
...pieces ; his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow nuicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
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