 ... and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous...  Essays from the Sketch-book - Page 27by Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.3 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of old. He inherited, however, but little of the warlike character of his ancestors. I have observed that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 152 pages
...Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, y, of the name of Eip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the <. A i Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous...character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a ss simple good-natured man ; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient hen-pecked husband.... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 pages
...stupidity and obstinacy disposed to clamor against the innovation simply because it was an innovation 5. I have observed that he was a simple good-natured...a kind neighbor and an obedient henpecked husband 6. Vision and manipulation these in their countless and indirect and transfigured forms are the two... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 360 pages
...stupidity and obstinacy disposed to clamor against the innovation simply because it was an innovation 5. I have observed that he was a simple good-natured man he was moreover a kind neighbor and an obedienl henpecked husband 6. Vision and manipulation these in their countless and indirect and transfigured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 pages
...of Great Britain, a simple, goodnatured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle . He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pages
...chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inher ited, however, but little of the martial character of his...obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 pages
...province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inher ited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed that he... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Vanio Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.3 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
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