 Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone...  A life of Washington Irving - Page 12by Washington Irving - 1882Full view - About this book
 | 1884 - 794 pages
..."Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead...went off to the army in the beginning of the war; Borne say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point,— others say he was drowned in a squall at... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder I why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years I There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that...the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Points-others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know — he... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 pages
...voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone iu the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but...the war; some say he was killed .at the storming of Stony Point, — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Anthony's Nose. I don't know... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
..."Where's Nicholas Vedder ? " There was a silence for a little while ; when an old man replied in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and...gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher ? " " Oh ! he went oft* to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, " Nicholas Vender ! why, he's dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden...that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher I " " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...Where's Nicholas V edder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin ell as to me Was Cromwell's measure or degree ; Unknown...He works, plots, fights in rude affairs, With squ rotted and gone too." " Where's Urom Dutcher?" " Oh, he went off to the army in the l>eginning of the... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...tombstone in the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten aud gone too." 10. " Where's Brom Dutcher ? " " Oh, he went off to the...the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point—others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know—he... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...Where's Nicholas Vedder ? " 9. There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and...him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Butcher ? " " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...Where's Nicholas Vedder ! " There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead...that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher ? " 8. " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...Where's Nicholas Vedder ? " There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and...and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?" "Oh, he went oil' to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point,... | |
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