 Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented, liberalhearted farmer. He seldom, it is true, sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug, happy, and well-conditioned.  Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Hudson - Seite 159von Washington Irving - 1900 - 230 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Roy Musick - 1893 - 518 Seiten
...green, while to the north floated a small cloud of amber. The home of Van Brunt on the Hudson, was in one of those green, sheltered, fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers were so fond of nestling. A great elm tree spread its branches over it; at the foot of which bubbled... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 Seiten
...eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. He was satisfied with...the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. A great elm-tree spread its broad branches over it ; at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest... | |
 | George Prentiss Butler - 1894 - 284 Seiten
...this kind. Take, for example, the following extract from Irving's " Legend of Sleepy Hollow : " — well-conditioned. He was satisfied with his wealth,...the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. A great elm-tree spread its broad branches over it, at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 458 Seiten
...his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm; but within those everything was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. He was satisfied with...wealth, but not proud of it; and piqued himself upon the heart} 7 abundance, rather than the style in which he lived. His stronghold wag r y;t er Bencnes were... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 Seiten
...the boundaries of his own farm ; but within these, everything was snug, happy, and well conditioned. He was satisfied with his wealth, but not proud of it; and piqued himself upon the Iiearty abundance, rather than the style in which he lived. His stronghold was situated on the banks... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 Seiten
...eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm; but within those, everything was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. He was satisfied with...the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. A great elm-tree spread its broad branches over it; at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 Seiten
...boundaries of his own farm ; but within those every thing was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. lie was satisfied with his wealth, but not proud of it...the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. A great elm-tree spread its broad branches over it; at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 516 Seiten
...green, while to the north floated a small cloud of amber. The home of Van Brunt on the Hudson, was in one of those green, sheltered, fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers were so fond of nestling. A great elm tree spread its branches over it ; at the foot of which bubbled... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 Seiten
...his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but with those every thing was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. He was satisfied with...the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. A great elm-tree spread its broad branches over it, at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - 1897 - 644 Seiten
...eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm; but within these, everything was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. He was satisfied with...fond of nestling. A great elm -tree spread its broad branchesover it, at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water, in a little... | |
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