 | 1820 - 876 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St Nicholas, or some such great...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 页
...his mind; — the most stanch and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weather cock on the top of the governor's house, which was certainly...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly... | |
 | 1820 - 730 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St Nicholas, or some such great...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | 1820 - 490 页
...grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the feali vi of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion — It...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's bead, and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new-year's-days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion....gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head ; and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new-year's days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great...gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head ; and was daily burnished with such religious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1825 - 356 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new-year's days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great...occasion. It was ornamented with a gorgeous brass knocker, cnriously wrought, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head ; and was daily... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 354 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new-year's days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion. It was ornamented with a gorgeous hrass knocker, curiously wronght, sometimes into the device of a dog, and sorin time* of a lion's head... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 652 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great...daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was ofuimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 666 页
...unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great...head, and was daily burnished with such religious 7.eal, that it was ofttimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole... | |
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The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new years' days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion. It was ornamented with a gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes in the device of a dog, and sometimes... 
