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... Irving's Sketch Book - Σελίδα 43των Washington Irving - 1901 - 491 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1819 - 610 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own : but as to doing family duty,...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually... | |
| Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own : but as to doing family duty,...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,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually... | |
| 1826 - 654 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; every thing about it went wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his... | |
| 1819 - 606 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 σελίδες
...their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own; but as to doing family duty,...pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...pestilent 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... | |
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