 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 444 σελίδες
...eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to drawoff his forces, and take to the outside of the honso — the only side which, in truth, belongs... | |
 | 1899 - 708 σελίδες
...lectured Rip Van Winkle, when Dame Van Winkle produced a fresh volley of "household eloquence," "took to the outside of the house — the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband" — and to a handicapped or hen-pecked literature as well. Yet it is the side of the house where the... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 508 σελίδες
...family. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the land, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 σελίδες
...his sho.ulders, shook his head, cast np his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoiced a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain...side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband. 14. Eip's sole domestic adherent16 was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 550 σελίδες
...eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always '<" ft provoked a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 σελίδες
...eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...always provoked a fresh volley from his wife, so that be was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house, — the only side which,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 σελίδες
...eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. antiquity chivalrous equipped obsequious weathercock eloquence colonist surmounted popularity aversion... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 σελίδες
...Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind ; and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley 1 from his wife, so that he was fain2 to draw off his forces,3 and take to the outside of the house,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 σελίδες
...Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind ; and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley1 from his wife, so that he was fain2 to draw off his forces,3 and take to the outside of the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 522 σελίδες
...eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his...forces, and take to the outside of the house — the ordy side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog... | |
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Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit.... 
