 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
 | James Baldwin - Readers - 1897 - 252 pages
...great snugness ; the walls on the inside were 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, that only made it the warmer. Besides, as it was kept with the utmost neatness,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1898 - 344 pages
...neatness of my little enclosures, the elms and hedgerows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch,...gave it an air of great snugness. The walls on the i° inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1898 - 346 pages
...enclosures, the elms and hedgerows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one slory, and was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of great snugness. The walls on the 10 inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1899 - 266 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,...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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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,... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 620 pages
...neatness of my little inclosure, 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,... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 612 pages
...:overed with thatch, which gave it an air of great less ; the walls on the inside were nicely whiteed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures...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 - Clergy - 1900 - 230 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 suugness; the walls on the inside were nicely whitewashed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children's literature - 1901 - 364 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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1901 - 376 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,... | |
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