 ... else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some outdoor work to do. So that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 46by Washington Irving - 1849 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in epite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces;...of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditiontd farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him...potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...and was a foremost man at all country frolicks for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him...potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 354 pages
...impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent h'ttle piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing...potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 392 pages
...and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building. stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him...little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoeSj yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was impossible. In fact, he declared it was no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent...potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip,... | |
 | 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 hi« patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground m the whole country; every thing about it went wrong,...potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worse conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1834 - 316 pages
...building stone fences : the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst-conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
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