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" ... government. Happily that was at an end; he had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged... "
The Young Folks' Library: A book of famous myths and legends - Page 370
1901
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Cyr's Fourth Reader

Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 404 pages
...free citizen of the United States. 16. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at the hotel. He was observed at first to vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless owing to his having so recently awakened. Some always pretended to doubt the reality...
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Cyr's Fourth Reader

Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 406 pages
...being a subject of his majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States. 16. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at the hotel. He was observed at first to vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless...
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Cyr's Fourth Reader

Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 412 pages
...being a subject of his majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States. 16. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at the hotel. He was observed at first to vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless...
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Five Great Authors: Complete Characteristic Selections from the Works of ...

William Landon Felter - 1900 - 244 pages
...of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased, without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned,...first, to vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless owing to his having so recently awaked. It at last settled down precisely to the...
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Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Hudson

Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 pages
...of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased, without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned,...resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. Rip Van Winkle. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel....
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The New McGuffey First [ -fifth] Reader, Book 5

William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 364 pages
...of the -yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned,...first, to vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless owing to his having so recently awakened. It at last settled down precisely to...
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Selected Essays from The Sketch Book by Washington Irving: Prescribed by the ...

Washington Irving - 1901 - 218 pages
...of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased, without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned,...first, to vary on some points every time he told it, which was, doubtless, owing to his having so recently awaked. It at last settled down precisely to...
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The New McGuffey Fifth Reader

William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 376 pages
...of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned,...first, to vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless owing to his having so recently awakened. It at last settled down precisely to...
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Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1901 - 546 pages
...pleased without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, how10 ever, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast...Mr. Doolittle's hotel. He was observed at first to 15 vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless owing to his having so recently awaked....
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Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1901 - 542 pages
...pleased without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, how10 ever, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast...Mr. Doolittle's hotel. He was observed at first to 15 vary on some points every time he told it, which was doubtless owing to his having so recently awaked....
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