 | 1820 - 646 pages
...search, for the scene and the companions of his evening revel 3 and at last resolves to go home. 1 As he approached the village he met a number of people,...he had thought himself acquainted with every one in tlje country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed.... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none that he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture, induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people,...cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he apprqached the village he met a number of people, but none whom...cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, iavoluntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...search, for the scene and the companions of his evening revel ; and at last resolves to go home. ' As he approached the village he met a number of people,...; and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stro-" ked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced ' Rip, involuntarily, to do... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people,...cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...seen : at last he resolves to go home. " AST he approached the village, he met a number of people, hut none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for...with every one in the country round. Their dress, loo, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...-irtd the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his stepe homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people,...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, they invariably stroked their chins. — The constant recurrence of this gesture... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none that he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of tliis gesture, induced Kip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people,...was of a different fashion from that to which he was actustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast eyes upon him,... | |
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He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached... 
