 Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles, and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay...  The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ... - Page 15by Washington Irving - 1830 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shoot with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their play-things, taught... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...the village , who , as usual w ith the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed , whenever they talked those matters over in...their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Damn Vau Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He... | |
 | Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his partinallfamilysquabbles; andneverfailed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening..., witches , and Indians. Whenever he went dodging the shade into which they cast me : for there is nothing so baleful to a small man as the shade of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 550 pages
...the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in...evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van AVinkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1849 - 542 pages
...the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in...Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he I was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1849 - 538 pages
...the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took hia part in all family squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in...too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assi<le«l at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1852 - 580 pages
...the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in...sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites ar,d shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...his part in all family squabbles; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in Iheir evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van...witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the villago, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles, and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witrhes, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 520 pages
...the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in...too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. lie assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and... | |
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