 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 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...general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. who wrote one of the earliest accounts of the province. Peter was the most ancient inhabitant of the... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1898 - 412 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...cheeks, and the self-important man in the cocked hat screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook his head. 14. It was determined, however, to take the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 434 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... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1899 - 672 pages
...they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other, and put their tongues AM. AND BR1T. AU. — 12 in their cheeks ; and the self-important man in the...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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 554 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. his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 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...field, screwed down the corners of his mouth, and shook hia head — upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. satisfactory... | |
 | 1899 - 312 pages
...self-important man, who, the alarm being over, had returned to the field, shook his head dubiously, upon which there was a general shaking of the head...the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk, who was seen slowly advancing up the road. Peter was well versed in all the traditions of the neighborhood. He recollected... | |
 | 1899 - 312 pages
...self-important man, who, the alarm being over, had returned to the field, shook his head dubiously, upon which there was a general shaking of the head...the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk, who was seen slowly advancing up the road. Peter was well versed in all the traditions of the neighborhood. He recollected... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 406 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...cheeks, and the self-important man in the cocked hat screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook his head. 14. It was determined, however, to take 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,... 
