 In that same village, and in 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 Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 61de Washington Irving - 1822 - 393 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1899 - 312 pages
...foot of the Kaatskill Mountains, in a house sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten, there lived, a great many years since, while the country was yet a province...good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor.... | |
 | 1899 - 312 pages
...foot of the Kaatskill Mountains, in a house sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten, there lived, a great many years since, while the country was yet a province...Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow, of the name of Eip Van Winkle. The great error in Eip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | 1900 - 364 pages
...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...and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. 3. An inhabitant of Truro told me that about a fortnight after the St. John was wrecked at Cohasset,... | |
 | George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - 1900 - 404 pages
...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...and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. 3. An inhabitant of Truro told me that about a fortnight after the St. John was wrecked at Cohasset,... | |
 | William Landon Felter - 1900 - 244 pages
...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...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of fort Christina.5 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 pages
...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...good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. g Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van "Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 170 pages
...same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather beaten), there lived many years since,...Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow, of the name of Eip Van Winkle. He was a descendent of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days... | |
 | 1901 - 454 pages
...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...and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. 3. An inhabitant of Truro told me that about a fortnight after the St. John was wrecked at Cohasset,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 216 pages
...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...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.2 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 218 pages
...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...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.1 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
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