 Indian corn or 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 would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business...  American Prose (1607-1865) - Página 231editado por - 1916 - 737 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1819 - 610 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...thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in epite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray, or get... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 páginas
...toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him...use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent h'ttle piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong,... | |
 | 1826 - 654 páginas
...husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to ran their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their...the whole country; every thing about it went wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cows would either go astray, or... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 páginas
...toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences. The women of the village, too, used to employ him...; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground m the whole country; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 páginas
...obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business hut his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping...fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his fann ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; every thing about it... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 páginas
...toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences. The women of the village, too, used to employ him...little piece of ground in the whole country; every tiling about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling... | |
 | 1839 - 256 páginas
...toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn,orbuilding stone fences. The women of the village, too, used to employ him...little piece of ground in the whole country; every tiling about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 páginas
...their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 páginas
...their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own; but as to doing family duty,...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually falling... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 páginas
...their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, ha declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground... | |
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