 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - 366 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... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 pages
...the whole twenty years had been to him 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 A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 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...corners of his mouth, and shook his head ; upon which thera was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. It was determined, however, to take... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 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...screwed down the corners of his mouth, and shook his head—upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. handed down from... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 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... | |
 | 1891 - 432 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, 1 who wrote one of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 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 ad van. cing up the road. He was a descendant of the historian of that name,1 who wrote one... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...-''stared when tney heard it; some were seen to > at each other, and put their tongues in their eeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat, who,...the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk, who was seen slowly advancing up the road. He was a descendant of the historian of that name,1 who wrote one of... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...whole twenty fears had been to him but asone night. The neighbours 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, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 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... | |
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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,... 
