 ... fretting about it, like illtempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented cry. Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior, and a fine gentleman, clapping his burnished wings, and crowing in the pride...  The Modern Course in English: English Grammar - Page 28by Steadman Vincent Sanford, Peter Franklin Brown - 1914 - 322 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 490 pages
...were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart—sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...warrior, and a fine gentleman; clapping his burnished wmgs, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart — sometimes tearing up the earth with his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered house-wives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered. The pedagogue's... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...gobbling throngh the farm-yard , and guinea fowls fretting abont it, like ill-tempered honsewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generonsly calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...gobbling throujrh the firm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...gladness of his heart — sometimes tearing up the earth witb his feet, and thon generouslv culling his ever humjrv family of wives and children to enjoy the... | |
 | 1836 - 848 pages
...were gobbling through the farm yard, and Guinea fowls fretting about it like illtempered housewives with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...strutted the gallant cock, that pattern of a husband, warrior, and a fine gentleman, clapped his burnished wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness ot... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea-fowls fretting about it. like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior, and a fins gentleman; clapping his burnished wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart —... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart—sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 pages
...were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior, and a fine genlleman, clapping his burnished wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart — sometimes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry. Before the barn...wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart—sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family... | |
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