 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 pages
...group reminded Rip of the 69 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 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, Arthur Rackham, Pat Stewart - 1983 - 52 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...the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the 20 The commander. most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 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... | |
 | Marty Roth - 2005 - 272 pages
...Rip to approach and assist him with the load" (33). Nevertheless, denial of festivity marks the tale: "What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though...most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed" (34). They are drinking and parrying in a stony... | |
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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. 
