 ... is more pleasantly situated. In a high and healthy country ; in a latitude between the extremes of heat and cold ; on one of the finest rivers in the world ; a river well stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - 第 437 頁由 編輯 - 1859完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 頁
...of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are...valuable fisheries appertain to it; the whole shore, in faet, is one entire fishery." * While engaged in the campaign of 1758, Colonel Washington was eleeted... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 頁
...fish, at all seasons of the year, and in the o[)ring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &cn in great abundance. The borders of the estate are...miles of tide'-water ; several valuable fisheries appertain8 to it : the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." WASHINGTON IRVING. 85. THE REVOLUTIONARY... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 頁
...of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide water ; several valuable fisheries appertain to it ; the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery."... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1888 - 990 頁
...to my readers the Monnt Vernon of olden days, I will use a description made by Washington himself: " No estate in United America is more pleasantly situated....appertain to it. The whole shore, in fact, is one vast fishery." A sovereign charm of the place, omitted in this sketch, is the abundance of fine trees... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 570 頁
...stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, etc., in great abundance. The...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." These were, as yet, the aristocratical days of Virginia. The estates were large, and continued in the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 頁
...fish, at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." WASHINGTON IRVING. 1 Cult' ure, cultivation ; employ- good or pleasing picture ; presenting ment of... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1871 - 466 頁
...shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, etc., in abundance. The borders of the estate," he continued, " are washed by more than ten miles of tide-water ;...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." Such was the delightful home to which "Washington took his bride in the spring of 1759. At that time,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 460 頁
...shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, etc., in abundance. The borders of the estate," he continued, " are washed by more than ten miles of tide-water; several...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." Such was the delightful home to which Washington took his bride in the spring of 1759. At that time,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 456 頁
...shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, etc., in abundance. The borders of the estate," he continued, " are washed by more than ten miles of tide-water ;...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." Such was the delightful home to which Washington took his bride in the spring of 1759. At that time,... | |
 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 頁
...rivers in the world — a river well stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the year. .... The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide water." The house was two stories in height, with a porch in front, and a chimney built inside... | |
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