 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 Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 28by Washington Irving - 1922 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...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 any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...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 any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...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 any body's business but his own : but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...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,...use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent h'ttle piece of ground in the whole country ; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...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 any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...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 any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...women of the village, too, used to employ him to ran 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 any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...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,...; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground m the whole country; every thing about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...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 any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...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 any body's business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found... | |
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