 ... 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
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 pages
...of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Kip 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... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 pages
...simple, good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles4 who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of...obedient, henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 256 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...simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbour, and an obedient, henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 50 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...was a simple goodnatured man; he was moreover a kind neighbour, and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so 10 gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant,...little of the martial character of his ancestors. He was a great favorite among all the good wives in 15 the village. The children, too, would shout... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so 10 gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant,...little of the martial character of his ancestors. He was a great favorite among all the good wives in 15 the village. The children, too, would shout... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 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...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of fort Christina.2 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 pages
...Great Britain, a simple, goodnatured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of tho Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous...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... | |
 | 1898 - 200 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... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 pages
...province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...his ancestors. I have observed that he was a simple good. natured man : he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient hen-pecked husband. Indeed,... | |
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