 The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians.  The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq - Page 29de Washington Irving - 1843 - 361 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1901 - 452 pages
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 364 pages
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. II. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 pages
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving, Arthur Rackham, Pat Stewart - 1983 - 52 pages
...WhenThe good-wives in their evening gossipings. 8 Not a dog would bark at him. ever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 pages
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | 李翠亭, 李正栓 - 1998 - 264 pages
...importantly, Rip does not find any connection to the world of work, of getting and spending. Irving writes: "The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor". In short, Rip was a bit of a fool in terms of the ideals of Americans @ a man who"was one of... | |
 | Laurie E. Rozakis - 1999 - 500 pages
...Irving published in 1819, has become an American legend, in large part because of its main character. "The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor," the narrator notes. OK, so the guy wasn'ta ball of ambition, but dogs and kids liked him. A... | |
 | Paul C. Adams, Steven D. Hoelscher, Karen E. Till - 2001 - 504 pages
...Washington Irving's tale "Rip Van Winkle" (1821) seems to acquire his character from unimproved land: "The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance He would carry a fowling-piece on... | |
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