 ... and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous...  Essays from the Sketch-book - Σελίδα 27των Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 σελίδες
...of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.3 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 σελίδες
...of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of old. He inherited, however, but little of the warlike character of his ancestors. I have observed that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 152 σελίδες
...Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, y, of the name of Eip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the <. A i Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous...character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a ss simple good-natured man ; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient hen-pecked husband.... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 σελίδες
...stupidity and obstinacy disposed to clamor against the innovation simply because it was an innovation 5. I have observed that he was a simple good-natured...a kind neighbor and an obedient henpecked husband 6. Vision and manipulation these in their countless and indirect and transfigured forms are the two... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 360 σελίδες
...stupidity and obstinacy disposed to clamor against the innovation simply because it was an innovation 5. I have observed that he was a simple good-natured man he was moreover a kind neighbor and an obedienl henpecked husband 6. Vision and manipulation these in their countless and indirect and transfigured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 σελίδες
...of Great Britain, a simple, goodnatured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 σελίδες
...of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle . He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for... | |
 | 1888 - 742 σελίδες
...chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inher ited, however, but little of the martial character of his...obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 σελίδες
...province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inher ited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed that he... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 σελίδες
...of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Vanio Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.3 He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed... | |
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