...one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van...

...the Kaatskill mountains. At their base, in a little village, founded by some of the Dutch colonists, there lived many years since, while the country was...gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant ; but he inherited little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a...

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...one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was...Britain, a simple goodnatured fellow, of the name of Kip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days...

...one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten), there lived many years since, while the country was...was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantlv in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina....

...one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten), there lived many years since, while the country was...Christina. He inherited, however, but little of the martini character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a simple good-natured man ; he was,...

...gable fronts, surmounted with weathercocks. In that same village, and in one of these very houses, there lived many years since, while the country was...Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow, of the name of Eip Van Winkle. He was descended from valiant ancestors, but he inherited very little of their martial...

...bricks brought from Holland, having latticed windows and gable fronts, surmounted with weathercocks. of Great Britain,' a simple good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover a kind neighbour, and an obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed,...

...blue tints of the upland melt away into the fresh green of the nearer landscape. In this same village there lived many years since, while the country was...good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was blessed with a termagant2 wife, under whose discipline he acquired the virtues of patience and long-suffering....