...morning. " Surely," thought Rip, " I have not slept here all night; what excuse shall I make to Mrs. Van Winkle ?" He looked round for his gun, but in...the clean well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old weapon beside him, the barrel coated with rust, and the stock wormeaten. Wolf had gone, and the players...

...the clean, well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock 3 lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave roisters4 of the mountain had 1 soul : used for what other word? 2 Dame: originally a lady (French...

...When Rip wakes -up after his twenty years' sleep, which had lasted all through the Revolutionary War, 'He looked round for his gun; but in place of the clean, well-oiled, fowling piece, he found an old firelock lying beside him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock...

...thought Eip ; " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle ? " 300 He looked round for his gun, hut in place of the clean, welloiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave...

...ravine— the wild retreat among the rocks — the wo-begone party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip—" what excuse...he found an old fire-lock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave...

...wild retreat among the rocks —the woe-begone party at nine-pins—the flagon—"Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip—" what excuse...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave...

...retreat among the rocks — the woebegone party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave...

...of the clean, well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave roisters of the mountains had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him...

...ravine— the wild retreat among 5 the rocks — the woe -begone party at ninepins — the flagon — " Oh, that wicked flagon !" thought Rip — " what excuse...for his gun, but in place of the clean well-oiled fowling piece, he found an old firelocki, lying ]o by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock...

...retreat among the rocks — the woe-begone party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse...he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. He now suspected that the grave...