 Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind,...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 378by Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Cloyd Bowman - Country life - 1916 - 346 pages
...up to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making, or "quiltingfrolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet school-room. The scholars were hurried through their lessons, without stopping at trifles; those who... | |
 | Adventure stories - 1916 - 314 pages
...frolic," to be held that evening at the house of Herr Van Tassel; and having delivered his message, he dashed over the brook, and was seen scampering...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons. Those who were nimble skipped over half... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1910 - 424 pages
...school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or "quilting frolic," to be beld that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered...of importance, and effort at fine language, which 30 a negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen... | |
 | 1918 - 424 pages
...to the school-door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or ' ' quilting-f rolic, " to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's ;...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons without stopping at trifles; those who... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 456 pages
...to the school door, with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merrymak-io ing, or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's ; and having delivered his message, he dashed over the brook, and was seen scampering away up the Hollow, full of the importance and hurry... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - Readers - 1921 - 618 pages
...to the school door with an invitation to 10 Ichabod to attend a merrymaking, or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...of the kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen 15 scampering away up the Hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission. All was now bustle... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 pages
...to the school door with an invitation to 10 Ichabod to attend a merrymaking, or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and...of the kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen is scampering away up the Hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission. All was now bustle... | |
 | Isobel Davidson - Reading (Elementary) - 1925 - 512 pages
...up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or "quilting frolic," to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's, and,...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons without stopping at trifles ; those who... | |
 | Novelle - 1925 - 568 pages
...up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or " quilting frolic " to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and,...mission. All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. The scholars were hurried through their lessons without stopping at trifles; those who... | |
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