 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlour of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlour of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 pages
...whole group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaieh, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were withal the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evideuily amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlour of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were withal the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness'of the scene... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie1 Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal,2 the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted3 the stillness... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlour of^ the village parson, G * which had been brought over from Holland at the time...seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folk were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene... | |
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What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. 
