 | Washington Irving - 1812 - 306 pagine
...angles and curves, and rhomboids, with a broom — after warning the windows, rubbing and polifhing the furniture, and putting a new bunch of evergreens in the fire-place — the window fbutters were again clofed to keep out the ffies, and the room carefully locked up until the revolution... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 540 pagine
...always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...new bunch of evergreens in the fire-place — the window-shutters were again closed to keep out the flies, and the room carefully locked up until the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 362 pagine
...always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...furniture, and putting a new bunch of evergreens in VOL. i. p the fire-place — the window-shutters were again closed to keep out the flies, and the room... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pagine
...door, and entering devoutly, on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it wilh fine white sand, which was curiously stroked into...polishing the furniture, and putting a new bunch of eveigreens in the fire-place — the window shutters were again closed to keep out the flies, and the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 538 pagine
...rights—always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...stroked into angles, and curves, and rhomboids, with a broom—after washing the windows, rubbing and polishing the furniture, and putting a new bunch of... | |
 | 1820 - 730 pagine
...always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...sand, which was curiously stroked into angles and carves, and rhomboids, with a broom — after washing the windows, rubbing and polishing the furniture,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 pagine
...always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...a new bunch of evergreens in the fire-place ; the wjndow-shutters were again closed to keep out the flies, and the room carefully locked up until the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 pagine
...devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with fine white sandy:which was -curiously stroked into angles and curves,: and...rubbing and polishing the furniture, and putting a new bnnch of evergreens in the fire-place ; the wfodow^shutters Were again closed to keep out the flies,... | |
 | George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 pagine
...always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...putting a new bunch of evergreens in the fireplace ; the window-shutters were again closet! to keep out the flies, and the room carefully NEW-YORK. Ill locked... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 572 pagine
...leaving .their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking 186 A NEW-AMSTERDAM FIRE-SIDE. feet. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with...rubbing and polishing the furniture, and putting a new hunch of evergreens in the fire-place — the window shutters were again closed to keep out the flies,... | |
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... the mistress and her confidential maid, who visited it once a week, for the purpose of giving it a thorough cleaning, and putting things to rights— always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking... 
