 | David Hackett Fischer - 2006 - 576 páginas
...burthen, having a bushel basket on their back, by which they were bent double, the contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture,...children peeping thro' gridirons and other utensils." Like the men they soldiered with, some women were heroes and some were criminals. Many helped others,... | |
 | 1999 - 244 páginas
...of burthen having a bushel basket on their back, by which they were bent double, the contents seemed to be Pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture,...very young infants who were Born on the road, the woman bare feet, i loathed in dirty tags, such effluvia filled the air while they were passing, had... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1905 - 358 páginas
...double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils ; some very young infants who were born on the road ; the women, barefooted, clothed in rags. Such effluvia filled the air while they were passing that, had they not... | |
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Great numbers of women, who seemed to be the beasts of burden, having bushel baskets on their backs, by which they were bent double. The contents seemed to be pots and kettles, various sorts of furniture, children peeping through gridirons and other utensils.... 
