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" ... surrounded by perpendicular precipices, over the brinks of which impending trees shot their branches, so that you only caught glimpses of the azure sky and the bright evening cloud. "
The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.]. - Page 50
by Washington Irving - 1880 - 532 pages
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1894 - 404 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had labored on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...presented themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a companv of odd-looking ~~ '^i, ff ttbe Shctcb*»ooh personages playing at ninepins. They were dressed...
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The sketch book: Bändchen 1

Washington Irving - 1894 - 280 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying a keg of liquor up this wild 1s mountain, yet there was something strange and incomprehensible about the unknown, that inspired...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had labored on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion ; some wore short doubtlets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts,...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Volume 5

Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 pages
...cloud. During the whole time, Rip and his companion had labored on in silence; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion ; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts,...
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Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc., For ...

Washington Irving - 1895 - 150 pages
...and .incomprehensible about the un- 245 known, that inspired awe and checked jsjiiiliarjlj^ •^m^f. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...personages playing at ninepins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion ; some wore short 250 doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 pages
...cloud, During the whole time Rip and his companion hadlabored on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...keg of liquor up this wild mountain, yet there was somehe heard the same cry ring through the still evening air; " Rip Van Winkle ! Kip Van Winkle! "...
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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ...

1896 - 374 pages
...entering the amphitheater, new objects of wonder presented themselves. On a level spot in the center was a company of odd-looking personages playing at ninepins. They were dressed in a quaint, outlandish fashion. Some wore short doublets;2 others, jerkins, with long knives in their belts...
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Knickerbocker Stories from the Old Dutch Days of New York

Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 pages
...petticoats. During the whole time, Kip and his companion had labored on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts,...
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Introduction to American Literature: Including Illustrative Selections, with ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 pages
...cloud. During the whole time, Rip and his companion had labored on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts,...
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Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving - 1897 - 50 pages
...cloud. During the whole time, Rip and his companion had labored on in silence; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...amphitheatre, new objects of wonder presented themselves. On a 1 evel spot in the center was a company of oddlooking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed...
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