 ... worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbingbrushes; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pagina 3141820Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1820 - 730 pagina’s
...pot smoking between his legs, and the 2 Z same true stalk of Gouda between his lipe. Let us see how completely he transplanted the observances of Old...kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly t» be dabbling in water — insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 556 pagina’s
...and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oftN times worn out by the very precautions taken for its...inundation, under the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 362 pagina’s
...sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft-times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation....inundation, under the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbingbrushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pagina’s
...that it was oft times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole bouse was constantly in a state of inundation, under the...scrubbing brushes ; and the good housewives of those days wore a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water — insomuch that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 538 pagina’s
...constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind...amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water—insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 pagina’s
...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;...inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes;, and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 pagina’s
...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 occasion....inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 572 pagina’s
...a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft-times worn out hy the very precautions taken for its- preservation....amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in.water — insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 pagina’s
...sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft-times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation....scrubbing brushes ; and the good housewives of those dayswere a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water — insomuch that... | |
 | George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 pagina’s
...sometimes of a lion's head ; and was daily burnished with such religious zeal that it was ofttimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation....inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
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