 How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who was not to be daunted by the most gigantic word in the dictionary ; and how sagely they would deliberate upon public...  Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Page 4by Washington Irving - 1893 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...public events some months after they had taken place. ' p. 65, 66. When driven from this retreat, he used to take his gun and shoot squirrels all day among... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...they would deliberate upon public events some months aftef they had taken place. The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder,... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little .man, who...months after they had taken place. The opinions of the junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man,' who...word in the dictionary ; and how sagely they would deliberate1 upon public events some months after they had taken place. The opinions of this junto were... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...daunted by the most gigantic word in the dictionary ; an3 how sagely they would deliberate upon public events some months after they had taken place. The... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...public events some months after they had taken place. 7. The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...which he took his seat from morning till night, just E 2 moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbours... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...months after they had taken place. The opinions of this junta were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Veddcr, a patriarch of the village, and Kmdlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 pages
...passing traveller. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who...by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and laudlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently... | |
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