 Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his master's going so often astray.  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 47by Washington Irving - 1849 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles William Bardeen - Authors, American - 1898 - 406 pages
...domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much hen-pecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...scoured the woods ; but what courage can withstand the ever. enduring and allbesetting terrors of a woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1898 - 412 pages
...sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...as the cause of his master's going so often astray. The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...scoured the woods — but what courage can withstand the ever during and allbesetting terrors of a woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 434 pages
...sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...scoured the woods — but what courage can withstand the ever during and allbesetting terrors of a woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers (Elementary) - 1899 - 412 pages
...sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...as the cause of his master's going so often astray. The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers (Elementary) - 1899 - 406 pages
...sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...as the cause of his master's going so often astray. The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and ever looked upon Wolf with an evil eye as the cause of his master's going so often astray. Poor Rip's only alternative to escape from the labor of the farm and the clamor of his wife was to... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and ever looked upon Wolf with an evil eye as the cause of his master's going so often astray. Poor Rip's only alternative to escape from the labor of the farm and the clamor of his wife was to... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1900 - 252 pages
...domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as 'much hen-pecked as his master; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...astray. True it is, in all points of spirit befitting an honourable dog, he was as courageous an animal as ever scoured the woods* — but what courage can... | |
 | William Landon Felter - Readers - 1900 - 244 pages
...sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even...looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his masters going so often astray. True it is, in all points of spirit befitting an honorable dog, he was... | |
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