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. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under... The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 367by Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1820 - 870 pages
...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 - 1821 - 366 pages
...beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where ! When he entered the house...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 - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...the conquest of his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed...the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house...the first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house...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 - 1835 - 194 pages
...himself bestriding a pacing mare , with a colt at her heels , setting out for Kentucky , Tennessee , or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house...with high-ridged , but lowly-sloping roofs, built ill the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza... | |
| Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house,...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 - 1848 - 1124 pages
...out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house the conquest of KM heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, twit in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers ; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza... | |
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