 In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn 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...  The Sketch Book - Sida 42efter Washington Irving - 1843 - 446 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1820 - 646 sidor
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn 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. ' p. 57-59. We pass over a very entertaining account... | |
 | 1819 - 610 sidor
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn 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 wh* figured... | |
 | 1826 - 654 sidor
...same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since,...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christiana. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | 1819 - 606 sidor
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn 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 Hip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 sidor
...tell the precise truth, was sadly titne-worn and weather be.iten,) there lived many years since, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a...figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesaut, and accompanied him to the seige of Fort Chris tinu. He inherited, I;owevur, but little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 sidor
...same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten ,) there lived many years since...Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Port Christina. He inherited , however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 sidor
...same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 sidor
...same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured •fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the... | |
 | 1849 - 340 sidor
...the Kaatskill mountains. At their base, in a little village, founded by some of the Dutch colonists, there lived many years since, while the country was...gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant ; but he inherited little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 304 sidor
...tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather beaten,) there lived many years since, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a...days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the seige of Fort Christma. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors.... | |
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