 Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind,...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 378by Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 424 pages
...up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...of importance, and effort at fine language, which 30 a negn. is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen... | |
 | 1910 - 444 pages
...to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry - making or " quiltingfrolic," -1 to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's ;...that air of importance and effort at fine language whicT a negro is apt to display on petty embassies of thi kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen... | |
 | Sidney Grant Firman - 1910 - 336 pages
...up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merrymaking, or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with an air of importance, he dashed over the brook, and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 470 pages
...up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merrymaking, or " quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...message with that air of importance and effort at 30 fine language which a negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1912 - 356 pages
...up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merrymaking, or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's, and...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons, without stopping at trifles; those who... | |
 | 1912 - 414 pages
...up to the school door, with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merrymaking, or " quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons, without stopping at trifles; those who... | |
 | 1914 - 304 pages
...clattering up to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or "quiltingfrolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons without stopping at trifles; those who... | |
 | 1914 - 442 pages
...by way of halter. He came clattering up to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his...he dashed over the brook, and was seen scampering 5 away up the Hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission. All was now bustle and hubbub... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...up to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or " quilting-frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's ;...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons, without stopping at trifles ; those who... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 pages
...to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making, or "quilting10 frolic," to be held that evening .at Mynheer Van Tassel's;...brook, and was seen scampering away up the Hollow, 15 full of the importance and hurry of his mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet... | |
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