| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...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 falling to pieces;...the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in bis fields than any where else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door... | |
| English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...thing about it went wrong, in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cows would either go astray, or get among the cabbages...as he had some out-door work to do ; so that though hiĀ« patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...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 falling to pieces...cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...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 falling to pieces...astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to growquicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...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 falling to pieces;...the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...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 falling to pieces...the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his lields than any where else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door... | |
| Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...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 to pieces...or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow nuicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had... | |
| 1839 - 256 pages
...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 to pieces...or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow nuicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had... | |
| Washington Irving - Americans - 1843 - 458 pages
...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 to pieces;...weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door work to do;... | |
| Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...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 to pieces...weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out- door work to do;... | |
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