 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
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 278 pages
...of the .clean, well-oiled 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 roisters of the mountain had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 pages
...among the rocks, the woe-begone party at ninepins, the flagon. " Oh, 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 - 1892 - 170 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...wo-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...firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust, and lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 404 pages
...party at ninepins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon ! ' ' thought Rip, ' ' what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?" He looked...stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave roisters of the mountains had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...rocks— 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 looked...him, the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling oft', and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 pages
...wo-begone party at nine-pins — the flagon — "Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon ! " thought Eip — " 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... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...the woe -begone party at nine-pins, the flagon. "O! 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 - 1894 - 422 pages
...woe-begone party at ninepins — 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... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 pages
...— " Oh, that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " 2. He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean...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... | |
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