 | England - 1820 - 876 pages
...the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly...be found to have the tails of mermaids — but this 1 look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. " The grand... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing brushes ; and the good housewives of those days wore a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly...historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his tocviuwomen grew to have webbed 6ngen like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could... | |
 | England - 1820 - 730 pages
...and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly t» be dabbling in water — insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswonirn grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could... | |
 | Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1825 - 356 pages
...insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells ns, that many of his townswomeu grew to have wehhed fingers like unto a duck; and some of them, he had little douht, could the matter he examined into, would he found to have the tails of mermaids : hut this I... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1828 - 354 pages
...good housewives of those days were a kind of amphihious animal, delighting exceedingly to he dahhling in water — -insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his towuswomen grew to have wehhed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little d.mht, could... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1839 - 288 pages
...the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water — insomuch that a historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 666 pages
...the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water — insomuch than an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 pages
...the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly...historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his towuswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little doubt, could... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Literary Criticism - 1848 - 662 pages
...those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water—insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that...examined into, would be found to have the tails of mermaids—but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or, what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation.... | |
 | Washington Irving - Dutch Americans - 1848 - 472 pages
...those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water—insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that...examined into, would be found to have the tails of mermaids—but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is a worse, a wilful misrepresentation.... | |
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... worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and... 
