 My farm consisted of about twenty acres of excellent land, having given a hundred pounds for my predecessor's good-will. Nothing could exceed the neatness of my little enclosures ; the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house...  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale by Oliver Goldsmith - Page 20by Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Prentiss Butler - English language - 1894 - 284 pages
...neatness of my little inclosures, the elms and hedgerows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...own designing. Though the same room served us for parlor and kitchen, that only made it the warmer. Besides, as it was kept with the utmost neatness,... | |
 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - Great Britain - 1894 - 930 pages
...neatness of my little enclosures; the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible, beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of great suugness ; the walls on the inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Families - 1895 - 280 pages
...neatness of my little inclosures ; the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...own designing. Though the same room served us for parlor and kitchen, that only made it the warmer. Besides, as it was kept with the utmost neatness,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1896 - 318 pages
...of but one story, and was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of great snugness ; the walls 10 on the inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters...own designing. Though the same room served us for parlor and kitchen, that only made it the warmer. Besides, as it was kept with the utmost neatness,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1896 - 320 pages
...neatness of my little enclosures, the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...which gave it an air of great snugness ; the walls 10 on the inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1897 - 316 pages
...neatness of my little enclosures, the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them 30 with pictures of their own designing. Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen, that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1897 - 300 pages
...neatness of my little enclosures, the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them 30 with pictures of their own designing. Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen, that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1897 - 300 pages
...neatness of my little enclosures, the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them 30 with pictures of their own designing. Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen, that... | |
 | James Baldwin - Children's poetry - 1897 - 252 pages
...neatness of my little inclosures, the elms and hedgerows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn 5 them with pictures of their own designing. Though the same room served us for parlor and kitchen,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 492 pages
...neatness of my little inclosures, the elms and hedgerows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of great sniigness; the walls on the inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them... | |
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