 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...  Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Page 17by Washington Irving - 1893 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 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 yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. ' p. 57-59. We pass over a very entertaining account... | |
 | 1819 - 610 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 yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles wh* figured... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...and gable fronts, surmounted with ancient weathercocks. — In that same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christiana. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | 1819 - 606 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 yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good natured fellow, of the name of Hip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...milk, New-England cheese. AN OBEDIENT HEN-PECKED HUSBAND. 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, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...tell the precise truth, was sadly titne-worn and weather be.iten,) there lived many years since, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a...figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesaut, and accompanied him to the seige of Fort Chris tinu. He inherited, I;owevur, but little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...weathercocks. Tn that same village, and in one of these very houses (wbich , to toll the precise truth, ivas sadly time-worn and weather-beaten ) , there lived...country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple gooduatured fellow, of the name of Rip Vau Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 pages
...windows and gable fronts, surmounted with weather-cocks. In that same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was...Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Port Christina. He inherited , however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...windows and gable fronts, surmounted with weather-cocks. In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...windows and gable fronts, surmounted with weather-cocks. In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was...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... | |
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