 | 1820 - 646 pages
...at their game of nine pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might...a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon. ' pp. 91-92. We have made rather large extracts from this facetious legend — and yet have mangled... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...they never hear a thunder storm of a sum« mer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but they say Hemlock Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins...is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...at their game of nine pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might...German superstition about the Emperor Frederick der Rothbart, and the Kypphaiiser mountain : the subjoined note, however, which he had appended to the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their...is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of... | |
 | 1820 - 870 pages
...manner above mentioned ; " and it is a common wish of all hen" pecked husbands in tbe neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy " on their hands, that they...quieting draught out " of Rip Van Winkle's flagon." The name of Sleepy Hollow is given to a little valley that lies a few miles from the market village... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...credit. Even to this day they never hear a ' thunder storm of a summer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but ' they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at...is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in ' the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that ' they might have a quieting draught out... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 402 pages
...credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their...is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder-storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their...is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...keeping the old fellow from wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the WASHINGTON IRVING. S97 neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might...quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon." MR. IRVING recently visited Geri many, and ha8 collected materials for two volumes, which he entitles... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...credit. Eren to this day they never hear a thunder storm of a sum« raer afternoon, about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their...is a common wish of all henpecked, husbands in the neigh« limit-hood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have i quieting draught out... | |
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... the reality of it, and insisted that Rip had been out of his head, and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder-storm... 
