 | 1820 - 646 pages
...of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. ' What seemed particularly odd...withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had erer witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene, but the noise of the balls, which,... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which hail been brought over from Holland it the time of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to...themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, ihe most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed.... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been ' brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. ' What seemed particularly odd...melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. No' thing interrupted the stillness of the scene, but the noise of the * balls, which, whenever they... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 392 pages
...of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to...maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silengp, and were, witb^al, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...of Domini: Van Sbaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. "What seemed particularly odd to...most mysterious silence, and were withal, the most malancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene,... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...parlour of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to...were rolled, echoed along the mountains like rumbling penis of thunder. As Rip and his companion approached them, they suddenly desisted from their play,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1834 - 316 pages
...of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folk were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folk were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...village parson , and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. 'Whatseemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks...whenever they were rolled, echoed along the mountains liko rumbling peals oh thunder. As Rip and his companion approached them, they suddenly desisted from... | |
 | 1839 - 256 pages
...of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement. What seemed particularly odd to...the balls, which, whenever they were rolled, echoed alonp the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder. As Rip and his companion approached them, they... | |
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What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. 
