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 Works of Washington Irving ... - Page 47by Washington Irving - 1861Full view - About this book
| 1819 - 610 pages
...all country frulicks for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...all country frolicks for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...all country frolicks for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...husking Indian corn, or 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...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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences : the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and...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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - Americans - 1834 - 316 pages
...building stone fences : the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and do such little odd jobs as their 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, and keeping... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...Indian corn, or building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run tbeir 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 any body's business hut his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping... | |
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