 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 pages
...constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by...ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out ; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eelpot.... | |
 | 1820 - 870 pages
...large room, rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy-books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of thje door, arid stakes set against the window-shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 328 pages
...constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by...shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfeet ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out ; an idea most probably borrowed by the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by...the handle of the door, and stakes set against the windowshutters ; so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 490 pages
...rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by...the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window-shutters; so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1823 - 402 pages
...and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, ty a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes...ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eelpot. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant .iiours, by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and...ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eelpot. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...large room, rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks. It was most ingeniously secured at...the handle of the door, and stakes set against the windo'w-shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by...ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by...the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window-shutters ; so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment... | |
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It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window shutters, so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out; an idea... 
