 There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten...  A Century of American Literature, 1776-1876 - Page 76edited by - 1878 - 407 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...neighbours, who used to keep about the tavern. " Well— who are they ? Name them ? " Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder ?...Where's Brom Butcher ? " " Oh, he went off to the army at the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point — others say... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 624 pages
...English torius \vero the enemies of America. "Well, who are they? Name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There...that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Butcher?" " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the storming of... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...English tories were the enemies of America. " Well, who are they ? Name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There...him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher? " " O, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...neighbours who used to keep about the tavern. " Well, who are they ? Name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired " Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There...churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotted and gone too." "Where's Brom Butcher?" " Oh ! he went off to the army in the beginning of the... | |
 | Washington Irving - American prose literature - 1886 - 522 pages
...tavern. " Well, who are they? Name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, •' Where s Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man fl£ • plied, in a thin, piping voice, " Nicholas Tedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. "Well—who are they?—name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There...him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher? " " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - Readers, American - 1888 - 366 pages
...neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. " Well, who are they ? Name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder?"...him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?" " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at the... | |
 | Mark Twain - Fiction - 1888 - 748 pages
...neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. "Well — who are they ? — name them." Rip thought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder ? "...him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher ? " " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the... | |
 | 1926 - 538 pages
...Well — who are they ? — name them.' Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, • Where 's Nicholas Vedder ? ' There was a silence for a little...Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years 1 There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that 's rotten... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - Literary Criticism - 1980 - 356 pages
...neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. "Well—who are they? Name them." Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There...him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?" "Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the storming... | |
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