Rip Van Winkle

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Rip Van Winkle

Legendary character created by Washington Irving in his 1819 tale of a man who falls into a magical 20-year sleep, and wakes to find he has slumbered through the War of American Independence.

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Catskill Catskill Mountains Chadwick, George Flagello, Nicolas Irving, Washington Jefferson, Joseph Koven, Reginald de New York Planquette, Robert Rackham, Arthur			Better than all, except the 'Conquest of Granada', I liked the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and the story of Rip Van Winkle, with their humorous and affectionate caricatures of life that was once of our own soil and air; and the 'Tales of the Alhambra', which transported me again, to the scenes of my youth beside the Xenil. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context The country through which the road meandered, was rich and beautiful; the weather very fine; and for many miles the Kaatskill mountains, where Rip Van Winkle and the ghostly Dutchmen played at ninepins one memorable gusty afternoon, towered in the blue distance, like stately clouds. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context Both the world of fashion and the Court of Chancery are things of precedent and usage: oversleeping Rip Van Winkles who have played at strange games through a deal of thundery weather; sleeping beauties whom the knight will wake one day, when all the stopped spits in the kitchen shall begin to turn prodigiously! Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context			Rinpoche, Guru Rinuccini, Ottavio Rinzai Rio Branco Río Colorado Río Cuarto Rio de Janeiro Río de Oro Río Gallegos Rio Grande Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Río Muni Río Negro Rio Rancho Rio Tinto Alcan Riobamba Rioja, La Riom Rioni Riopelle, Jean-Paul Ríos Montt, Efraín Rios, Alvaro de los Riotte, Philipp Jacob RIP Rip Van Winkle RiPEM ripieno Ripken, Cal Edwin, Jr Ripley Ripley, George Ripley, Robert LeRoy Ripley, Thomas Ripon Ripon, Frederick John Robinson Ripon, treaty of Rippe, Albert de ripping ripple tank Rippon, Michael Ripponden ripresa Riquier, Guiraut risalah Risaralda RISC Risca Rishton Rising of the Moon, The risk capital risk identification			rip off rip off rip off rip off rip off Rip Off Artist rip off to tear away from rip on rip on rip out rip out rip out rip out of rip panel Rip rap Rip rap Rip the Bring rip through rip tide Rip Tide (Doctor Who) rip tides rip to rip up rip up rip up rip up rip up rip up Rip van Winkel Rip van Winkel Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle Syndrome Rip Ya a New One rip-off rip-offs Rip-rap Rip-rap rip-roaring rip-roaring rip-roaringly rip-roaringly rip-roarious RIP/TOA RIP1 RIP2 RIP3 Ripa Ripa Ripa Tiberis RIPAA RIPAC RIPAE RiPAL Riparia Riparia Riparia riparia Riparia riparia Riparia riparia riparian riparian riparian

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