 what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? ' He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean, well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten.  Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse - Page 86edited by - 1869Full view - About this book
 | 1888 - 742 pages
...party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ! " He...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 pages
...— the wo-begone party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip—" what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " He...he found an old fire-lock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...woe-begone party at nine-pins—the flagon—"Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip—" what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle!" He looked...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 pages
...of the clean, welloiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...the woe -begone party at ninepins — the flagon — " Oh, that wicked flagon !" thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ?" He...for his gun, but in place of the clean well-oiled fowling piece, he found an old firelocki, lying ]o by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...party at nine-pins — tha flagon — " Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " He...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 pages
...party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon I that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " He...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 508 pages
...party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " He...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | 1891 - 432 pages
...woe-begone party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " He...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...woebegone party at nine-pins — the flagon — "Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon !" thought Rip — "what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?" He...well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lving by him. the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now... | |
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