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" ... of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another, and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head,... "
Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ... - Page 139
1896
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...had much of the flavour of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another,...length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in hi» head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep. On awaking ne found himself...
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American Prose: Hawthorne, Irving and Others

1891 - 432 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another...length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam itt his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep. On waking, he found himself...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another...his visits to the flagon so often that at length his RIP VAN WINKLE. senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and...
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, Part 21

William Dwight Whitney - 1891 - 258 pages
...motion : as, everything swam before his eyes. At length his senses were overpowered, his eyes ncam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep. Irring, Sketch-Book, p. 55. I read . . . Till my head swim». Tennyson, Holy Grail. swimbelt, »•...
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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...had much of the flavour of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another,...sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll from whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny...
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Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a ...

John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 362 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another...gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep." On the other hand, unimportant parts are passed over lightly, sketched in rapid style, given in general...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1894 - 404 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another...of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunn)r morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling...
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Works, Volume 28

Washington Irving - 1894 - 400 pages
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The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the ..., Volume 2

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another,...sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll from whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny...
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