 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...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 45by Washington Irving - 1849 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 354 pages
...Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on hia skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on_ his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the whole neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was am insuperable aversion to all kinds... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...them long stories of ghosts , witches , and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Ilip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of prolitablu... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his...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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