... 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 - Sayfa 4401859Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 sayfa
...stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the ysar, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, etc., in great abundance. The...estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide-water ; soveral valuable fisheries appertain to it ; the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." These... | |
| 1855 - 534 sayfa
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, &<:., 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."... | |
| Washington Irving - 1855 - 566 sayfa
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, 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."... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 544 sayfa
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, 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-"... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 sayfa
...fish at all seasons of the year, ar:<l in the spring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, eta, in great abundance. The borders of the estate are...very large one brought by his wife, Washington at oncf enlarged the mansion, erected new and more numerous out-houses, and improved and beautified the... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 sayfa
...fish, at all seasons of the year, and in the opring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide'-watcr; several valuable fisheries appertain 3 to it: the whole shore, in fact, is one entire... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 sayfa
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, 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."... | |
| HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 sayfa
...George pursuant to the provisions of her father's will, and to that mansion in the spring of 1759, when the garlands of military fame were upon his brow,...out-houses, and improved and beautified the grounds. Many of the trees planted by him are still flourishing ; and the two gardens are kept in the same form... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 sayfa
...the banks of the York, his bride, the sweet little Martha Custis. Concerning this home he wrote to » friend in London, "No estate in United America is...handsome fortune of his own, increased by a very large onebrought by his wife, Washington at once enlarged the mansion, erected new and more numerous out-houses,... | |
| George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 756 sayfa
...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...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." * While engaged in the campaign of 1758, Colonel Washington was elected a representative of Frederick... | |
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