 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 Seiten
...her great-greatgrandmother had brought over from Saardam; the tempting stomacher of the olden time; and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display...the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round. visited her in her paternal mansion. Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented,... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 Seiten
...her greatgreat-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display...heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes, — more especially after he had visited... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 Seiten
...great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time; £nd withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round. / i She was withal a little of a coquette, as might be perceived even in her dress, which was a mixture... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 Seiten
...great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ;' the tempting stomacher of the oldeu time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display...heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at, that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes, more especially after he had visited her... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 72 Seiten
...her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam; the tempting stomacher of the olden time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display...round. Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart toward the sex; and it is not to be wondered at, that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 Seiten
...day. BALTUS VAN TASSEL'S FARM. JICHABOD CRANE had a soft and foolish heart toward the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at, that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes ; more es|>ecially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion. Old Bait us Van Tassel was a perfect... | |
 | 1898 - 264 Seiten
...her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display...heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes, — more especially after he had visited... | |
 | 1898 - 264 Seiten
...her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display...Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the ,oex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes, —... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 Seiten
...ankle in all the country round. Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex, and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel...soon found favor in his eyes ; more especially after '^e had visited her in her paternal mansion. Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving,... | |
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... a coquette, as might be perceived even in her dress, which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions, as most suited to set off her .charms. She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold which her great-greatgrandmother had brought over from Saardam,... 
