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Legends of Terror!: And Tales of the Wonderful and Wild ; Original and ... - Page 608
1826 - 642 pages
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Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster ...

1891 - 494 pages
...called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself...returned to the more important concerns of the election. Kip's daughter took him home to live with her ; she had a snug well-furnished house, and a stout cheery...
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Essays from The Sketch Book, Parts 1-2

Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 pages
...called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself...sound of their balls like distant peals of thunder. j To make a long story short, the company broke up, and returned to the more important concerns of...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself...sound of their balls like distant peals of thunder. • .( f%_ To make a long story short, the company broke up, i. ,]<•'' and returned to the more important...
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Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster ...

John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 508 pages
...story short, the company broke up, and returned to the more important concerns of the election. Kip's daughter took him home to live with her; she had a snug well-furnished house, and a stout cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself...her ; she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon...
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Ten Selections from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 pages
...his name ; that his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses, playing at ninepins in the hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself had heard,...with her. She had a snug, wellfurnished house, and a stout, cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb...
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The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2

P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 pages
...himself! Welcome home again, old neighbor. Why, where have you been these twenty long years?" * * - * * * Rip's daughter took him home to live with her ; she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout, cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb...
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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself...her : she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon...
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The Foundations of Rhetoric

Adams Sherman Hill - 1893 - 412 pages
...Returning to the question, let me add a single word. (c) Violent as was the storm, it soon blew over. (</) To make a long story short, the company broke up,...returned to the more important concerns of the election. (J) To state my views fully, /will begin at the beginning. («) The pursuers, too, were close behind....
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A Book of American Literature

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain; and that he himself had...afternoon, the sound of their balls, like distant peals 10 of thunder. To make a long story short, the company broke up, and returned to the more important...
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