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" In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn 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... "
The Sketch Book - Page 42
by Washington Irving - 1843 - 446 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 34

1820 - 646 pages
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn 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. ' p. 57-59. We pass over a very entertaining account...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn 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 wh* figured...
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Legends of Terror!: And Tales of the Wonderful and Wild ; Original and ...

English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since,...Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christiana. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn 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 Hip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...tell the precise truth, was sadly titne-worn and weather be.iten,) there lived many years since, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a...figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesaut, and accompanied him to the seige of Fort Chris tinu. He inherited, I;owevur, but little...
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The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq

Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weatherbeaten ,) there lived many years since...Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Port Christina. He inherited , however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have...
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The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 482 pages
...same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van...
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The Works of Washington Irving...: Sketch book. 1848

Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britian, a simple good-natured •fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the...
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The Illustrated Parlour Miscellany

English literature - 1849 - 340 pages
...the Kaatskill mountains. At their base, in a little village, founded by some of the Dutch colonists, there lived many years since, while the country was...gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant ; but he inherited little of the martial character of his ancestors. I have observed that he was a...
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The Irving Gift: Being Choice Gems

Washington Irving - Gift books - 1853 - 304 pages
...tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather beaten,) there lived many years since, when the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a...days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the seige of Fort Christma. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors....
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