 ... of buttons down the sides and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.  Washington Irving's Sketch Book - Page 44by Washington Irving - 1905 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...jerkin strapped round the waist — several pair of breeches, the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at....complied with his usual alacrity; and, mutually relieving each other, they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1884 - 988 pages
...jerkin strapped round the waist, several pairs of breeches, the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at...complied with his usual alacrity ; and mutually relieving each other, they elambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they... | |
 | New England - 1896 - 864 pages
...in antique Dutch fashion, a cloth jerkin strapped around his waist, and a pair of breeches decorated with rows of buttons down the sides and bunches at the knees; on his shoulder he carries the open sesame to Rip's heart and secrets, a keg full of liquor. The intimation... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...jerkin2 strapped round the waist, several pairs of breeches, the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at...with his usual alacrity ; and, mutually relieving each other, they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...jerkin, strapped round the waist — several pairs of breeches, the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at...this new acquaintance, Rip complied with his usual readiness : and, mutually relieving each other, they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1885 - 398 pages
...jerkin strapped round the waist — several pair of breeches, the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides and bunches at...the load. Though rather shy and distrustful of this newacquaintance, Rip complied with his usual alacrity ; and mutually relieving one another, they clambered... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...jerkin strapped round the waist, several pairs of breeches, the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides and bunches at...stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs to Rip to approach and assist him with the load. Though rather shy and distrustful of this new acquaintance,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 152 pages
...on his shoulder a stout 225 keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Eip to ap- . proach and assist him with the load. Though rather shy and distrustful of this new acquaintance, Eip complied with his usual alacrity ; and mutually relieving each other, they clambered up a narrow... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...neighborhood in need of his assistance, he hastened down to yield it. one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulders a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1889 - 524 pages
...decorated with rows of buttons down the sides and & bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulders a stout keg that seemed full of liquor, and made signs...with his usual alacrity, and mutually relieving.* each other, they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they... | |
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