In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the... The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 61by Washington Irving - 1822Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...green of the nearer landscape. It is a little villaga of great antiquity, having been founded by gome of the Dutch colonists, in the early times of the...country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. ' p. 57-59. We pass over a very entertaining account... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...windows, gable fronts surmounted with weathercocks, and built of small yellow bricks brought from Holland. In that same village, and in one of these very houses,...country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles wh* figured... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christiana. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...windows, gable fronts surmounted with weathercocks, and built of small yellow bricks brought from Holland. In that same village, and in one of these very houses,...country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good natured fellow, of the name of Hip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...tell the precise truth, was sadly titne-worn and weather be.iten,) there lived many years since, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a...figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesaut, and accompanied him to the seige of Fort Chris tinu. He inherited, I;owevur, but little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...of these very houses (wbich , to toll the precise truth, ivas sadly time-worn and weather-beaten ) , there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple gooduatured fellow, of the name of Rip Vau Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 pages
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten ,) there lived many years since , while the country was...Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Port Christina. He inherited , however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 pages
...weather beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van...who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of 1'eter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inherited, however, but little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 518 pages
...same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured •fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the... | |
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