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" On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long... "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 150
1820
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.], Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe, and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint out landish fashion: some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

1839 - 256 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe, and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint out landish fashion: some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...with long knives in their belts, and most of them had 4* enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guide's. Their visages, too, were peculiar:...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq

Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre , new objects of wonder...was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-piss. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion: some wore short doublets, others jerkins,...
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The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were V dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion ; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1849 - 492 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired jiwe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...outlandish fashion ; some wore short doublets, others ierkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style...
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Handbuch der nordamericanischen National-Literatur: Sammlung von ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...something stränge and incomprehensible about the unknown, thatinspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a Company of odd looking personages playing at ninepins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some...
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The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History ...

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe, and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint ont-landish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and...
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Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1860 - 478 pages
...something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion ; some wore short doubtlets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches,...
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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea

Benson John Lossing - 1866 - 488 pages
...personages playing at nine-pins" reappear. "Some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long kiiives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guides. Their visages, too, were peculiar : one had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes...
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