 | 1820 - 646 pages
...up the ravine together in silence, till they reach a green hollow in the bosom of the mountains. ' On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint, outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts,... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...cloud. During the whole time, Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint, outlandish fashion: some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...up the ravine together in silence, till they reach a green hollow in the bosom of the mountains. ' On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder...themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd' looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in ' a quaint, outlandish fashion :... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 392 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...was something strange and incomprehensible about the imknown, that inspired awe and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new objects of wonder... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...the whole time Rip and his companion had laboured ou in silence ; for though the former mar veiled greatly what could be the object of carrying a keg...presented themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a companyof odd looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed iu a quaint outlandish fashion... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...cloud. During the whole time Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...themselves. On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion ; some... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...cloud. During the whole time, Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly what could be the object of carrying...yet there was something strange and incomprehensible aliout the unknown« that inspired awe, and checked familiarity. On entering the amphitheatre, new... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...time, Rip and his companion had laboured on in silence ; for though the former marvelled greatly wh/it could be the object of carrying a keg of liquor up...presented themselves. On a level spot in the centre wats a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. The}' were dressed in a quaint outlandish... | |
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... surrounded by perpendicular precipices, over the brinks of which impending trees shot their branches, so that you only caught glimpses of the azure sky and the bright evening cloud. 
