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... The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq - Page 29de Washington Irving - 1843 - 361 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1819 - 610 pages
...building stone fences ; 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...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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...building stone fences ; 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...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, he found... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...building stone fences; 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...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, he found... | |
| Washington Irving - 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,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...building stone fences; 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...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, he found... | |
| 1819 - 606 pages
...building stone fences ; 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...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... | |
| 1826 - 654 pages
...building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to ran their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands...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, he found... | |
| Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 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,...; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground m the whole country; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...building stone fences ; 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...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, he found... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 pages
...on him with impunity ; and not n dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great enror in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to...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, he found... | |
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