The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging... Essays from the Sketch Book - Page 11by Washington Irving - 1891Full view - About this book
| 1819 - 610 pages
...and never failed, whenever they talked those matters ever in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark... | |
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark... | |
| Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossip* ings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on hia skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...squabbles; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. , The children of the...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on_ his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not... | |
| 1819 - 606 pages
...and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark... | |
| 1826 - 654 pages
...and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shoot with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their play-things, taught... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...and never j failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...squabbles; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 pages
...; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging oa his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not... | |
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