 The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.]. - Page 44by Washington Irving - 1880 - 532 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...marbles, and told them long stories of "hosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging ahout the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them,...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told their long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity, and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable objection... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...all the blame on Dame van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him without fear, and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great -error in Rip's... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...derivation of this word. 8 wio, as usual, etc. Note the sub-acid flavor of this remark. he went (lodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion 1... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...all the blame on Darne Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever 1 henpeck3d, governed by one's wife. '2 sirsws, female scolds. 3 malleable: from Latin mntteia, a hammer.... | |
 | 1887 - 1042 pages
...the central figure of a succession of charming pictures. First, " surrounded by a troop of children, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity." Then lounging with his cronies on a bench before a small inn, " designated by a rubicund portrait of... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuper- io able aversion... | |
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