...slept for twenty years in the Catskills was a great favorite with the children. They would shout for joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, and taught them to fly kites. He was surrounded by a troop of them. He had a distinct individuality....

...Van Winkle was thrice blessed. Certain it is that he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex,...matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all 20 the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he...

...Christina, and were " Brimful of wrath and cabbage." See History of New York, book VI. chap. viiL over m their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on...He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, iaught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians....

...Van Winkle was thrice blessed. Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs...

...other's natural and instinctive enemies: "Certain it is that he was a great favorite among the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex,...gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle." Surely this is one of Irving's nastier ironies, an example of what Philip Young calls his "whimsical...

...Van Winkle was thrice blessed. Certain it is that he was a great favourite among all the good wives of the village, who as usual with the amiable sex,...whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village too would shout with...

...passivity on an epic scale. Rip enjoys not only hunting: he "assisted [the children of the village] at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles [games that maintain linguistic traces of a descent from hunting by predator or projectile], and told...

...much to appreciate in him. The village women always took Rip's part in his family's squabbles and laid all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village adored Rip because he made playthings for them, flew kites with them and told them long stories about...

...squabbles, and never failed, .whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children...approached. He assisted at their sports, made their play things, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches...

...Whenever there was a squabble in the family of Rip, the women in the village always took his part and laid all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village too would shout with joy, whenever they saw him. He helped at their sports, made playthings for them, taught them to fly kites and shoot...