 Nicholas Vedder?" 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,...  Rip Van Winkle, and Other Sketches - Page 23by Washington Irving - 1882 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! wlfy, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was...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... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...moment, and inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder ?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas...the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose.... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...himself a moment, and inquired ' Where 's Nicholas Vedder?' There was silence for a little while, when an old man replied in a thin piping voice, ' Nicholas...the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that 's rotten and gone too.' ' Where 's Brom Dutcher?' ' Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...a moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder ?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas...him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher ?" the war ; some say ho was killed at the storming of Stony Point — others say he was drowned... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 pages
...moment, and inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder ? " There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, " Nicholas...Brom Butcher?" " Oh, he went off to the army in the beg'nning of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stoney Point, others say he was drowned... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...moment, and inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder ? " There was a silence for a little while ; when an old man replied in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas...; but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher ? " " Oh ! he went oft* to the army in the beginning of the war. Some say he was killed at... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 382 pages
...a moment, and inquired, " Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, "Nicholas...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... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, " Nicholas Vender ! why, he's dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden...him, but that's rotten and gone too." " Where's Brom Dutcher I " " Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war ; some say he was killed at the... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder I why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years I There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that...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... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 376 pages
...inquired, "Where's Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in n thin piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead...these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone iu the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too." "Where's Brom Dutcher?"... | |
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