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| Portrait |
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| Illustrated Title-Page |
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| List of Illustrations |
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| Diedrich Knickerbocker |
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| Up the Hudson |
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| “He was a descendant of the Van Winkles” |
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| “He assisted at their sports” |
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| “A termagant wife” |
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| “Fish all day without a murmur” |
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| “Used to employ him to run their errands” |
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| “He would carry a fowling-piece” |
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| “His cow among the cabbages” |
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| “Trooping like a colt at its mother’s heels” |
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| “How solemnly they would listen” |
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| “He shrugged his shoulders,
shook his head, and cast up his eyes” |
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| “Yelping precipitation” |
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| “He would share the contents
of his wallet” |
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| Nicholas Vedder |
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| “The brow of a precipice” |
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| “He heard a voice” |
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| “A strange figure” |
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| “Rip and his companion labored
on in silence” |
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| “A company of odd-looking personages” |
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| “One who seemed to be the commander” |
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| “They quaffed the liquor in profound silence” |
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| “I have not slept here all night” |
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| “Wanting in his usual activity” |
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| “He called again and whistled after
his dog” |
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| “Stroked their chins” |
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| “A troop of strange children ran at his heels” |
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| “He found the house gone to decay” |
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| “He recognized on the sign” |
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| “They crowded round him” |
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| “A lean, bilious-looking fellow” |
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| “He was killed at the storming of Stony Point” |
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| “A great militia-general” |
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| “That is Rip Van Winkle, yonder” |
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| “A fresh, comely woman” |
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| “What is your name, my good woman?” |
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| Peter Vanderdonk |
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| “Friends among the rising generation” |
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| “Once more on the bench at the inn door” |
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| “He used to tell his story to every stranger” |
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