 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1892 - 336 σελίδες
...first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...summer use ; and a great spinning-wheel at one end, ;md a churn at the other, showed the various uses to which this important porch might be devoted. From... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 σελίδες
...the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves formed a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighbouring river. Benches were built along the sides for summer use ; and a great spinning wheel... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 σελίδες
...first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...important porch might be devoted. From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion and the place of usual residence.... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 σελίδες
...the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...for fishing in the neighboring river. Benches were builtalonctne sides forsummer use; and a great spinning-wheel at one end, and a churn at the other,... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 σελίδες
...the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...important porch might be devoted. From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion, and the place of usual... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 σελίδες
...first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazzza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...important porch might be devoted. From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion and the place of usual residence.... | |
 | Sheldon and Company - 1895 - 384 σελίδες
...the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...built along the sides for summer use; and a great spinning wheel at one end and a churn at the other, showed the various uses to which this important... | |
 | Sheldon and Company - 1895 - 388 σελίδες
...the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...river. Benches were built along the sides for summer use;'and a great spinning wheel at one end and a churn at the other, showed the various uses to which... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 σελίδες
...first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...important porch might be devoted. From this piazza the wandering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the center of the mansion and the place of usual residence.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 σελίδες
...the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,...husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river.-j Benches were built along the sides for Hummer use; and a great spinning-wheel atone end, and... | |
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It was one of those spacious farmhouses with high-ridged but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers, the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front capable of being closed up in bad weather. 
