 He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening's gambol, and if he met with any of the party, to demand his dog and gun. As he rose to walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. " These mountain beds do not...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.] - Page 51by Washington Irving - 1892 - 406 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. " These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, " and if this...shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With gome difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1898 - 412 pages
...gun. As he rose to walk,he found himself stiff in the joints and wanting in his usual activity. « With some difficulty he got down into the glen. He...the preceding evening ; but^ to his astonishment, a mountain stream was now foaming down it. He, however, made shift to scramble up its sides, and at length... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. " These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, " and if this...the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 552 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, "and if this frolic...rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame 30 Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into the glen; he found the gully up which he and... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 440 pages
...mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, "and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame...difficulty he got down into the glen; he found the is gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening; but to his astonishment... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 440 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff 10 in the joints and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, "and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1922 - 136 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. " These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, " and if this...shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With somb difficulty he got down into the glen ; he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended... | |
 | Leonidas Warren Payne - 1917 - 734 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff se0 in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, "and if this frolic...gully up which he and his companion had ascended the s8s preceding evening; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1926 - 648 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, "and if this frolic...the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - 1927 - 516 pages
...walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in lds usual activity. " These mountains beds do not agree with me," thought Rip ; " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into... | |
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