 Rip's heart died away, at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him, too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war...  American Prose (1607-1865) - Seite 240herausgegeben von - 1916 - 737 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sherwin Cody - 1913 - 430 Seiten
...enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand : war — congress — Stony Point ; — he had no courage to ask after any more...Winkle ! " exclaimed two or three ; " oh, to be sure ! that 's Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the tree." Rip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 398 Seiten
...such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point — he had no courage to ask after any more...as he went up the mountain; apparently as lazy, and cer- 5 tainly as ragged. The poor fellow was now completely confounded. He doubted his own identity,... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 404 Seiten
...understand: war—congress—Stony Point—he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out i despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle?" "Oh,...as he went up the mountain; apparently as lazy, and cer- 5 tainly as ragged. The poor fellow was now completely confounded. He doubted his own identity,... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 360 Seiten
...which he could not understand : war— Congress — Stony Point — he had no courage to ask after 445 any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does...looked, and beheld a precise counterpart of himself, as45o he went up the mountain; apparently as lazy, and certainly as ragged. The poor fellow was now... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 Seiten
...such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — Congress — Stony Point! — he had no courage to ask after any more...Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the tree." "Stony Point. On June 1, 1779, Stony Point, on the Hudson, •was taken by the British. On July 16... | |
 | Marietta Knight - 1914 - 232 Seiten
...he is dead and gone these eighteen years. rip van winkle exclaimed two or three oh to be sure thats rip van winkle yonder leaning against the tree rip...mountain apparently as lazy and certainly as ragged the man in the cocked hat demanded who he was and what was his name god knows exclaimed rip at his wits... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 Seiten
...such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point — he had no courage to ask after any more...as he went up the mountain; apparently as lazy, and cer- 5 tainly as ragged. The poor fellow was now completely confounded. He doubted his own identity,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1916 - 422 Seiten
...enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand : war — Congress — Stony Point ; — he had no courage to ask after any more...Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the tree." Eip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart of himself as he went up the mountain ; apparently as... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - 1916 - 312 Seiten
...enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand : war — Congress — Stony Point ; he had no courage to ask after any more friends,...Winkle ] " exclaimed two or three. " Oh, to be sure ! that 's Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the tree." Rip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart... | |
 | William Patterson Atkinson - 1916 - 298 Seiten
...such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point ; — he had no courage to ask after any more...Winkle ! " exclaimed two or three. " Oh, to be sure I that's Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the tree." Rip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart... | |
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