Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a waggon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding... The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Side 269af Washington Irving - 1822Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1820 - 870 sider
...the warm tenement of Van Tassel, his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains. When he entered the house, the conquest of his heart was complete. — From the moment Ichahod laid his eyes upon these regions of delight, the peace of his mind was... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 sider
...luxurious winter fare. In his devouring mind's eye, he pictured to himself every roasting pig running about with a pudding in its belly, and an apple in...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 sider
...and an apple in its mouth ; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked iu with a coverlet of crust ; the geese were swimming...for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. A Rival Among these the most formidable was a burly, roaring, roystering blade, of the name of Abraham,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 sider
...immense tracts of wild land, and shingle palaces in the wilderness. Nay, his busy fancy already realised his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina,...those spacious farm-houses, with high ridged, but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 sider
...even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back , in a side dish , with uplifted rl.-iwi, as if craving that quarter which his chivalrous spirit...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged , but lowly-sloping roofs, built ill the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 sider
...presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles...dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacingmare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 sider
...lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buck-wheat, and Indian corn, and the orchards burdened with ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm tenement...complete. It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 sider
...lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buck- wheat, and Indian corn, and the orchards burdened with ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm tenement...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly -sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers.... | |
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