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" Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a waggon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding... "
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 299
by Washington Irving - 1821 - 343 pages
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 pages
...the money invested in immense tracts of wild land, and shingle palaces in the wilderness. Nay, his I busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented...with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennesse, or — the Lord knows where ! When he entered the house the conquest of his heart was complete....
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The Edinburgh monthly review, Volume 4

1820 - 870 pages
...the warm tenement of Van Tassel, his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains. When he entered the house, the conquest of his heart was complete. — From the moment Ichahod laid his eyes upon these regions of delight, the peace of his mind was...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1821 - 328 pages
...not a turkey, but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, perad venture, a necklace of savoury sausages ; and even bright chanticleer...his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farm houses, with high ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...furnishing an interesting picture of an American farm, copied from nature by so accurate an observer. ' When he entered the house the conquest of his heart...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses with high-ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...furnishing an interesting picture of an American farm, copied from nature by so accurate an observer. ' When he entered the house the conquest of his heart...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses with high-ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1823 - 402 pages
...with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a waggon loaded with household triiin.4 pery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly- sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers;...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...gallant cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior, and a fine gentleman; clapping his burnished wmgs, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld VOL. II. U himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ...

Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...and an apple in its mouth ; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked iu with a coverlet of crust ; the geese were swimming...for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. A Rival Among these the most formidable was a burly, roaring, roystering blade, of the name of Abraham,...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 pages
...presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly -sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....
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