 There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten...  Essays from the Sketch-book - Page 37by Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ^ why, he...rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Butcher ?" "Oh, he wentroff to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder ?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder! why, he...these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in 3* the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom... | |
 | 1849 - 340 pages
..." Where's Nicholas Vedder ?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder? why, he is dead and...him, but that's rotten and gone, too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?" " Oh ! he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 538 pages
...inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ! why, he...these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in 3* J the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he...these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone hi 3* the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1852 - 580 pages
...inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ! why, he..." Where's Brom Butcher ?" " Oh, he went off to the array in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point — others... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 pages
...inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ! why, he...that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten anu gone too." "Where's Brom Batch r?': " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ;... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, „Nicholas Vedder? why he is dead »nd gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the church-yard that used to teil all about him, but that 's rotten and gone too." „Where's Brom Dutcher?" „Oh, he went off... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pages
...inquired, ' Where's Nicholas Veddar?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ? why he is dead and gone those eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the church-yard that used to tell all about... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 474 pages
...inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ! why, he...him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher ? " " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the... | |
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