 ... Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a simple goodnatured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient,...  Essays from the Sketch-book - Σελίδα 27των Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 σελίδες
...kind neighbour, and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owirg that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to De obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers,... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 σελίδες
...was moreover a kind neighbour, and an obedient hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long suffering. A termagant wife may therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 σελίδες
...moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked 1 husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...conciliating abroad who are under the discipline of shrews 2 at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable3 in the fiery furnace4 of domestic... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 σελίδες
...moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked : husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...conciliating abroad who are under the discipline of shrews2 at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable3 in the fiery furnace4... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 σελίδες
...moreover, a kind neighbour, and an obedient hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be meek and obsequious abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 σελίδες
...moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...him such universal popularity ; for those men are apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 σελίδες
...was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked4 husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation,5 and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 σελίδες
...was moreover » Wind neighbour and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain-lecture Is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 494 σελίδες
...was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...universal popularity; for those men are most apt to be obseijujpus and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 σελίδες
...was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient, henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and a curtain 1 Governor of Manhattan Island in 1647. 2 Fort Christina, or Christiana, was a Swedish fort, situated... | |
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