 | Washington Irving, Arthur Rackham, Pat Stewart - 1983 - 52 Seiten
...generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor. Having nothing to do at home, and being arrived at that happy age when a man can be Idle with impunity, he...into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor. How that there had been a... | |
 | Washington Irving, Thea Kliros - 1995 - 84 Seiten
...favour. Having nothing to do at home, and being arrived at that happy age when a man can do nothing with impunity, he took his place once more on the...into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor. How that there had been a... | |
 | Hershel Parker - 1996 - 1014 Seiten
...Irving's already classic New York story of Rip Van Winkle, who took some time after his long sleep before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the bewildering events that had taken place during his absence. Little by little in the... | |
 | Thomas R. Cole - 1992 - 304 Seiten
...daughter, who takes him home to live with her. "Having nothing to do at home, and being arrived at that happy age when a man can be idle with impunity, he...reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the village. . . . "10 Rip's fate foreshadows the obsolescence of the old man in a secular society where women become... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 Seiten
...friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor. the bench at the inn-door, and was reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the...into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor. How that there had been a... | |
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It was some time before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor. How that there had... 
