 ... 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 - 1902 - 228 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...shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered 6 pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation; and a curtain-lecture is worth... | |
 | George Riddle - 1902 - 648 σελίδες
...was moreover a kind neighbour, and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour.... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1902 - 420 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 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... | |
 | Etta Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1902 - 386 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...him such universal popularity ; for those men are apt to be conciliating abroad who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless,... | |
 | Etta Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1902 - 386 σελίδες
...owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are apt to be conciliating abroad who are under the discipline of...shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain-lecture is worth all the sermons... | |
 | 1903 - 504 σελίδες
...and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstances might be owing that weakness of spirit, which gained him such universal popularity;...the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long suffering. A quarrelsome wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing;... | |
 | Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby - 1903 - 572 σελίδες
...moreover, a kind neighbour, and an obedient, henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained...the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and a curtainlecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 544 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...popularity; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and con1 Fort Christina was built by the Swedes on the Delaware. ciliating abroad, who are under the discipline... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 296 σελίδες
...kind neighbor, and an obedient; henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be bwing that me'ekness of spirit which gained him such universal...popularity; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and con1 Fort Christina was built by the Swedes on the Delaware. ciliating abroad, who are under the discipline... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 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...him such universal popularity ; for those men are apt to be obsequious and con^ ciliating abroad who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their... | |
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