 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, Gent - Page 52de Washington Irving - 1821 - 336 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Wallace Bruce - 1872 - 102 pages
...home, the favorite of the village children. You will remember Irving says, "the children of the village would shout with joy whenever he approached, he assisted at their sports, made them playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...family squabbles, and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, e sees the sun look down On that great temple once...raised to count his ages by ! Yet haply there may his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village,...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...home. Certain it is that he was a great favourite among all the good-wives of the neighbourhood. Tho children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...virtues of patience and long-suffering. He was a great favourite among all the children of the village. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings,...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion3 to all kinds of profitable labour.... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 510 pages
...squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 pages
...squabbles ; and never failed, when- so ever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 pages
...squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children...them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them 1 Obsequious, meanly conciliatory and submissive. 2 Shrews, scolding, vixenish, vexatious women. 3... | |
 | 1880 - 444 pages
...squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 508 pages
...squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a... | |
| |
