 And your father's name?" "Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn - Page 57by Washington Irving - 1852 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away f by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl. " — Rip...a blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a NewEngland pedlar. — There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence. The honest man could contain... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.". ............short time. since; she broke a bloodvessel in a fit pf passion at a New England pedlar. . L . . • ... , There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but...too had died but a short time since ; she broke a blood vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England pedlar. There was a drop of comfort, at least, in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but...blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England pedlar. There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence. The honest man could contain himself... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...came home without him ; but whe' ther he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody ' can tell. I was then but a little girl." — Rip had...blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England ' peddler. — There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelli' gence. The honest man could... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.' - " Rip had...; she broke a bloodvessel in a fit of passion at a New England pedlar." - • Winkle and his neighbours mutually explained, and Rip went borne to live... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...his dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but...short time since ; she broke a blood-vessel in a fit that's rotten and gone too. "Where's Brom Dntcber? "Oh! he went off to the army in the —he never... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.» Rip had but one question more to ask; but Vie put it with a faltering voice : « Where's your mother ?» Oh, she too had died but a short time... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but...too had died but a short time since ; she broke a blood vessel iii a fit of passion at a New England pedlar. There was a drop of comfort, at least, in... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but one question more to ask ; out he put it with a faltering voice : " Where's your mother ?" Oh, she too had died but a short... | |
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