 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 532 Seiten
...was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone-fences; thewomen of the village, too, used to employ him to run their...to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 520 Seiten
...He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building...the women of the village, too, used to employ him to ran their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 Seiten
...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...to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 Seiten
...He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building...obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Eip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 Seiten
...He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building...to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 570 Seiten
...He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building...would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to at. ; tend to anybody's business but his o\vn ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 Seiten
...foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; tho women of tho village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do sueh little odd jobs as their loss obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 Seiten
...He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building...too, used to employ him to run their errands, and do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 Seiten
...He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn or building...to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 Seiten
...assist a neighbor, even in the roughest toil ; and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking corn, or building stone fences. The women of the village,...their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less-obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business... | |
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Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business... 
