 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 church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 58by Washington Irving - 1849 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...used to tell all about him, but that's rotted 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 of Stoney-Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know —... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...yard that used to tell all about him, but that's, rotted 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 battle of Stoney Point — others say he was drowned iu a squall, at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...Vedder? why he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the church yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten...the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stoney-Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's VOL. I. G Nose. I don't... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 354 pages
...church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that"- 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 of Stoney-Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know —... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...« 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, but...the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stoney-Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know —... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...church yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotted 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 battle of Stoney Point — others say he was drowned in a squall, at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotted 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 in the storming of Stoney-Foint — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose.... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...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 of the war ; some say he was killed at the storming of Stoney-Point — others say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know —... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...« 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, 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...tomb-stone in the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that 's rotten and gone too." " Where 's Brom Butcher ?" " Oh, he went off to the army in the...storming of Stony -Point — others say he was drowned in the squall, at the foot of Antony's Nose. I don't know — he never came back again." " Where 's Van... | |
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