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" Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon. "
The Garden of Romance: Romantic Tales of All Time - Page 167
edited by - 1897 - 238 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 34

1820 - 646 pages
...universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder storm of a summer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...they never hear a thunder storm of a sum« mer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but they say Hemlock Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins...that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Ven Winkle's flagon. ON DANTE S ruRÜATORIO. THEKE is a saying recorded in Miss Seward'a Letters, we...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson...a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon. NOTE. The foregoing Tale, one would suspect, had been suggested to Mr. Knickerbocker by a little German...
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The Edinburgh monthly review, Volume 4

1820 - 870 pages
...themselves in the manner above mentioned ; " and it is a common wish of all hen" pecked husbands in tbe neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy " on their hands,...quieting draught out " of Rip Van Winkle's flagon." The name of Sleepy Hollow is given to a little valley that lies a few miles from the market village...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 2

1821 - 504 pages
...sally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a ' thunder storm of a summer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but ' they say Hendrick Hudson...might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's fla' gon.' pp. 91-92. We have made rather large extracts from this facetious legend — and yet have...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1822 - 402 pages
...universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson...a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon. NOTE. The foregoing Tale, one would suspect, had been suggested to Mr. Knickerbocker by a little German...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder-storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson...a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon. 97 NOTE. The foregoing Tale, one would suspect, had been suggested to Mr Knickerbocker by a little...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 3

1824 - 394 pages
...gun, and keeping the old fellow from wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the WASHINGTON IRVING. S97 neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands,...quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon." MR. IRVING recently visited Geri many, and ha8 collected materials for two volumes, which he entitles...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...it VOL. V. full credit. Eren to this day they never hear a thunder storm of a sum« raer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson...is a common wish of all henpecked, husbands in the neigh« limit-hood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have i quieting draught out...
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