 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 55de Washington Irving - 1822 - 393 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...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...little of the martial character of his ancestors. that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1895 - 150 pages
...years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, x of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant...of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chiva]rous_ days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inherited,... | |
 | 1896 - 374 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 - 1897 - 152 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...of these very houses 5 (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was...was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so 10 gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...of these very houses 5 (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was...was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so 10 gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 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...of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles4 who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 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...the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of tho Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 pages
...one of these very houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived, many years since, while the country was...province of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Kip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the... | |
 | 1898 - 200 pages
...one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly tiine-worn and weatherbeaten) there lived many years since, while the country was...gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompairied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character... | |
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