 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to draw off his...only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband.Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much hen-pecked as his master ; for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 280 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of ID the house — the only sidejvhich, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. Rip's sole domestic... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to draw off his...Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his master's going so often astray. True it... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to draw off his...Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his master's going so often astray. True it... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his...which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. Kip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much hen-pecked as his master; for Dame Van... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 Seiten
...nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw ojf -his forces, and take to the outside of the house...which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife ; so that he was fain to draw off his...Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his master's going so much astray. True it... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 Seiten
...shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife, so that he was fain to draw off his...side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband. points of spirit befitting an honorable dog, he was as courageous an animal as ever scoured the woods... | |
 | Stephen Graham - 1931 - 1008 Seiten
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... to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however,... 
