 The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.]. - Page 44by Washington Irving - 1880 - 532 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 354 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on hia skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shoot with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the whole neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was am insuperable aversion... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1834 - 316 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging oa his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their...on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him wilh impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's... | |
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