 | 1819 - 610 pages
...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...of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditiontd farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1823 - 392 pages
...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...little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoeSj yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...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...as he had some out-door work to do ; so that though hi« patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worse conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to growquicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst-conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 pages
...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...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst-conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...either go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his field than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worse conditioned firm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his lields than any where else; the rain always made a point of setting in just...under his management , acre by acre , until there w as little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes , yet it was the worst "conditioned... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 pages
...pieces; his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere else; the rain always...patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worstconditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...pieces ; his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere else; the rain always...there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian cornand potatoes, yet it was the worst-conditioned farm in the neighbourhood. His children, too, were... | |
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... anywhere 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... 
