 Great numbers of women, who seemed to be the beasts of burden, having bushel baskets on their backs, by which they were bent double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils....  Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society - Pagina 451door Massachusetts Historical Society - 1925Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1819 - 376 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils — some very young infants, who were born on the road — the women barefoot, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that had they... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1850 - 334 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils — some very young infants, who were born on the road — the women barefoot, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that had they... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils. Some very young infants, who were born on the road ; the women barefooted, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that, had... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils. Some very young infants, who were born on the road ; the women barefooted, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that, had... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils. Some very young infants, who were born on the road ; the women barefooted, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that, had... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 294 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons, and other utensils — some very young infants, who were born on the road — the women barefoot, clothed in dirty nig*. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that, had they... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils. Some very young infants, who were born on the road ; the women barefooted, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, that, had... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be poft and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through onial rights, among the most powerful of which were the " Letters of a Farmer 䮓 N barefooted, clothed in dirty rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing/ that, had... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 660 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils ; some very young infants who were born on the road ; the women, barefooted, clothed in rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing that, had they not... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1889 - 380 pagina’s
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils. Some very young infants, who were born on the road; the women barefooted, clad in dirty rags." On the night of Nov. 7, 1777, this mournful army encamped at Weston... | |
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