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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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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 - 402 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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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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The sketch book: Bändchen 1

Washington Irving - 1894 - 282 pages
...tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another; and he reiterated his visits to the flagon s so often, that at length his senses were overpowered,...sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll from whence he had first seen the old man of the 10 glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny...
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New ... Reader, Volume 4

California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...and "Columbus" are famous biographies. Articulation. — birds | were; roysterers | of the mountain. On waking he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first eeen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes; it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Book 5

Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 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;...first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the...
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Sheldon's Advanced Language Lessons: Grammar and Composition

Sheldon and Company - 1895 - 388 pages
...failure. 9. He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. —EMERSON. 10. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. 11. Recollection is the only Paradise from which we cannot be turned out. — RICHTER. 12. The true...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 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;...first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were bopping and twittering among the bushes, and the...
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The Garden of Romance: Romantic Tales of All Time

Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 256 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;...first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the...
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