The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show,... Dolph Heyliger: A Story from Bracebridge Hall - الصفحة 111بواسطة Washington Irving - 1901 - عدد الصفحات: 113عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Washington Irving - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 598
...and picturesque turns and labyrinths which distinguish certain streets of New York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable end, 13 which was of small, black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...picturesque turns and labyrinths which distinguish certain streets of New York at this very day. 3. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable-end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 250
...me formerly made. AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF NEW YORK. yellow streets BY WASHINGTON IRVING. HE houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, "excepting the gable-end, which was of small black-andDutch bricks, and always faced on the as our ancestors, like... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...his country-seat, ' Sunnyside,' on the banks of the Hudson. Manners in New York in the Dutch Times. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable-end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street ; as our... | |
| Eduard Fiedler - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...Irving. The houses of the higher class were generaUy canstructed of wood, excepting the gable end; wich was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks and always faced on the street; as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show and were noted for putting... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 824
...Tithes. The honws of the higher clnss were cenernlly con«trnctcrl of wooil. excepting the gable-end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on th" street ; as our ancestors, li^e their descendants, were very much given to ootward show, and wen1... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 558
...and picturesque turns and labyrinths which distinguish certain streets of New York at this very day. The houses of the higher class were generally constructed...yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were noted for... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 1108
...settlers. Of their architecture he says, like one who has lived among the objects he describes : *Thc houses of the higher class, were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable-end, which was of small black und yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced ou the street ; as our... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 586
...Dutch settlers. Of their architecture he says, like one who has lived among the objects he describes : 'The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable-end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street; as our... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 1134
...describes : 'The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable-end, triumph abroad ; to be burled among kings, and with more than regal s Ihe striM'i; as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were... | |
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