 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 σελίδες
...! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotted and gone too." "Where's Brom Butcher?" " Oh, he went...the war , some say he was killed at the storming of Stoney-Point, others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know, he... | |
 | George Matthews Arnold - 1883 - 292 σελίδες
...AECH^OLOGICAL SOCISTy. " Why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too ! "— Waihington Irving. UonUon : SAMPSON LOW, MAESTON, SEAELE, & EIVINGTON, CBOWN BUILDINGS, 188,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 σελίδες
...churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that 'a rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher?'' " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point ; others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know ; he never... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 σελίδες
...voice, " Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?" " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the storming... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 σελίδες
...voice: "Nicholas Tedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?" " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 σελίδες
..." Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but...; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know — he never... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 σελίδες
..." Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but...Where's Brom Butcher ? " " Oh, he went off to the army at the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point — others say... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 σελίδες
...years. There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotted and gone too." "Where's Brom Butcher?" " Oh ! he went...to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he'was killed at the storming of Stony Point, others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 σελίδες
..." Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but...that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Butcher?" " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the storming of... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 σελίδες
..." Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher? " " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the... | |
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There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten... 
