 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 Seiten
...was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were...cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields that anywhere else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door work to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 Seiten
...go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out -door work to do ; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management,... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 Seiten
...was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were...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 potatoes,... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 Seiten
...was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were...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 potatoes,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 Seiten
...ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. TTia fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cow...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 potatoes,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 Seiten
...was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were...pieces ; his cow would either go astray, or get among tho cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere else ; the rain always made... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 Seiten
...was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were...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 potatoes,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...went 3 pestilent: from Latin pest is, the plague : hence, plaguy, troublesome. CLASSIC ENGLISH wrong,1 and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were...out-door work to do : so that though his patrimonial estate2 had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little more left than... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 Seiten
...was the most tiresome little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were...had some outdoor work .to do ; so that though his father's estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little more left... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 Seiten
...was the most pestilent little plot of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were...or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow thicker in his fields than anywhere else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had... | |
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... else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door 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... 
