 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbours stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues in their cheeks; when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbours stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues...cheeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it: some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues...general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. derful events and traditions of the neighborhood. He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him as one night. The neighbours stared when they heard it, and some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues in their cheeks. Old Peter Vanderdonk recognised Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner.... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbours stared when they heard il ; some open letter, and upon your royal word I will instantly repair checks : and the selfimportant man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm wad over, had returned to... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him as but one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues in thoir cheeks : and the self-important man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbours stared when they heard it; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues in their cheeks. It was determined, however, to take the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk, who was Seen slowly advancing... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues...the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk, who was seen slowly advancing up the road. He was a descendant of the historian of that name, who wrote one of the... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues...the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk, who was seen slowly advancing up the road. He was a descendant of the historian of that name, who wrote one of the... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues...general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. Washington Irving. FOR PREPARATION. — I. Point out, on the map of Ncw York, Stony Point (fortified... | |
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Rip's story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it. Some were seen to wink at each other and put their tongues in their cheeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat,... 
