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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. "
The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature ... - Page 294
1824
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Mark Twain's Library of Humor

1888 - 742 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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The Continental First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 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...seemed particularly odd to Rip, was, that though these jTolks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ...

Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 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 from Holland at the Him* of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that these folks were evidently amusing...
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Harper's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 5

Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 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...maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious si- -- lence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1890 - 570 pages
...group reminded Eip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over...of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to Eip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest...
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Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster ...

1891 - 508 pages
...of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, which had been brought over from Holland at the time...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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American Prose: Hawthorne, Irving and Others

1891 - 432 pages
...of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, which had been brought over from Holland at the time...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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Essays from The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 pages
...of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, which had been brought over from Holland at the time...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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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, which had been brought over from Holland at the time...particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidentlyjimusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most_ mysterious silence,_and...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 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 from Holland at the time of the settlement. What siemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet...
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