 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...manage the ponltry ; ior , as she sagely observed , dncks and geese are foolish things , and tuusl lie looked after , but girls can take care of themselves,...plied her spinning wheel at one end of the piazza , bonest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at [hc other, watching the achievements of a little... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1843 - 458 pages
...than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything. His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything. His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...housekeeping and manage the poultry; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese are foolish thmgs, and must be looked after, but girls can take care...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 518 pages
...thing. His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry ; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...tiling. His notable.little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza,, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...tiling. His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese...foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls ean take care of themselves. Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 488 pages
...thing. His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry ; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 478 pages
...thing. His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry ; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese...are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girla can take care of themselves. Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1861 - 474 pages
...little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry ; for, as j$nc3 sagely observed, ducks and geese are foolish things,...the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Bait would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other,... | |
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