 | 1819 - 610 pages
...less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was impossible. In fact, he declared it was no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 354 pages
...less obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own : but as to doing family duty,...use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent h'ttle piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong,... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was impossible. In fact, he declared it was no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...obliging husbands would not do for them. — In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business hut his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping...fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his fann ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; every thing about it... | |
 | Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...errands, and do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his...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 continually falling... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1843 - 458 pages
...and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his...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 continually falling... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 pages
...and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his...his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, ha declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground... | |
 | English literature - 1849 - 340 pages
...their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...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 continually falling... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 pages
...their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word Hip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty,...found it impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no rise to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ;... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1861 - 474 pages
...country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone-fences : the women of the village, JOJO 7 too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it wras the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it wrent wrong,... | |
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The women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own; but as to doing family... 
