Knickerbocker's History of New York: Beyond World's Classics

Bys: Press, Beyond Words and Irving, Washington

Of the eleven children eight survived. William Irving, the father, was rigidly pious, a just and honorable man, who made religion burdensome to his children by associating it too much with restrictions and denials. One of their two weekly half-holidays was devoted to the Catechism. The mother's gentler sensibility and womanly impulses gave her the greater influence; but she reverenced and loved her good husband, and when her youngest puzzled her with his pranks, she would say, "Ah, Washington, if you were only good "

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08GLR2BW8
• ISBN13: 9798676725914
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"