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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review - Page 188
1821
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American Prose: Hawthorne, Irving and Others

1891 - 432 pages
...eyes, which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to, every stranger that...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that...
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Essays from the Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 278 pages
...eyes, which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. >vHe used to tell his story to every stranger that arc Tived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel. He was observed, at first,...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that...
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Essays from The Sketch Book, Parts 1-2

Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 pages
...eyes, which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...awaked. It at last settled down precisely to the tale 1 have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always...
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Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster ...

John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 508 pages
...eyes, which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...told it. which was, doubtless, owing to his having so recentlyawaked. It at last settled down precisely to the tale I have related, and not a man, woman,...
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Ten Selections from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 pages
...; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...have related ; and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that...
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Selections from Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1894 - 422 pages
...; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that...
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Selections from the Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 pages
...; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood, but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted...
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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
...eyes; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived...have related, and not a man, woman, or child in the neighborhood, but knew it by heart. Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted...
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