 | 1819
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his majesty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822
...at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing. But it would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 336 sider
...matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while...to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing. But it would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822
...at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing. But it would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824
...matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while...to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing. But it would... | |
 | 1819
...a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to console...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small mn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his majesty... | |
 | 1826 - 642 sider
...matrimony rolled ou ; a tart temper never mellows with ¡ige, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use^ For a long while he used to comiоle himself, when driven from home by frequenting a kind of perpetual cluhof the sages, philosophers,... | |
 | 1828 - 384 sider
...a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used 16 console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village, that held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicurld portrait of his majesty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829
...matrimony rolled on : a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while...rubicund portrait of his majesty George the Third. _ Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village... | |
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For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund... 
