 | 1820 - 876 halaman
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St Nicholas, or some such great...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 halaman
...his mind; — the most stanch and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weather cock on the top of the governor's house, which was certainly...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 310 halaman
...his mind; — the most stanch and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weather cock on the top of the governor's house, which was certainly...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 532 halaman
...ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were noted for putting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished...of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religions zeal, that it was oftN 178 PASSION FOR CLEANING. times worn out by the very precautions taken... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 540 halaman
...mind; — the most stanch and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weathercock 6n the top of the governor's house, which was certainly...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oftN 178 PASSION FOR CLEANING. times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 538 halaman
...cleanliness was the leading principle in domestic economy, and the universal test of an able housewife—a character which formed the utmost ambition of our...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oftN times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 556 halaman
...never opened except on marriages, funerals, new years' days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or somu such great occasion. It was ornamented with a gorgeous...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oftN times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly... | |
 | 1820 - 730 halaman
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St Nicholas, or some such great...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | 1820 - 490 halaman
...grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the feali vi of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion — It...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's bead, and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 halaman
...grandmothers. : The front door was never .opened except on marriages, iunerals, new-year's-days ,. the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion;...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog; and sometimes of a lion's head; and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
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The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new years' days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion. — It was ornamented with a gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes in the device of a dog, and sometimes... 
