 Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit....  The Works of Washington Irving - Page 46by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...replying to all lectures oi the kind , and that by frequent use had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said...draw off his forces , and take to the outside of the house43 — the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. Rip's sole domestic adherent... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 444 pages
...replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said...fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to drawoff his forces, and take to the outside of the honso — the only side which, in truth, belongs... | |
 | Washington Irving, Spraque Homer Baxter - 1880 - 146 pages
...the outside of the house, — the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. Eip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as...hen-pecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded us them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his... | |
 | 1899 - 708 pages
...lectured Rip Van Winkle, when Dame Van Winkle produced a fresh volley of "household eloquence," "took to the outside of the house — the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband" — and to a handicapped or hen-pecked literature as well. Yet it is the side of the house where the... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pages
...and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Rip's sole domestic adherent and companion in idleness was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master. The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 pages
...his sho.ulders, shook his head, cast np his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoiced a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain...side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband. 14. Eip's sole domestic adherent16 was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 pages
...replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said...dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master j. for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said...always provoked a fresh volley from his wife, so that be was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house, — the only side which,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said...which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. antiquity chivalrous equipped obsequious weathercock eloquence colonist surmounted popularity aversion... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...replying to all lectures of the kind ; and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said...nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley 1 from his wife, so that he was fain2 to draw off his forces,3 and take to the outside of the house,... | |
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