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" ... cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were,... "
The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History ... - Page 214
by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 552 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 34

1820 - 646 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded, in an austere tone, " what brought...place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him ! " ' Here a general shout burst from the bystanders — " A tory ! a tory ! a spy ! a refugee ! hustle...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sh;;rp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded, in an austere tone, " what brought...riot in the. village ?" " Alas ! gentlemen," cried Kip, somewhat dismayed, " I am a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded, in an austere tone, " what brought...place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!" Here a general shout burst from the bystanders — "Atory! a tory! a spy! a refugee! hustle him! away...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone, " what brought...place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!" Here a general shout burst from the bystanders — "A tory! a tory! a spy! a refugee! hustle him !...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and slurp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very •oul, demanded in an austere tone, " what brought him to...place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him !" Here a general shout burst from the by-standers — " A tory ! a tory ! a spy ! a refugee ! hustle...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 2

1821 - 502 pages
...a mob at his heels, and ' whether he meant to breed a riot in the village ?" " Alas ! gen' tlemen," cried Rip, somewhat dismayed, " I am a poor quiet...and a loyal subject of the King, God bless •him!" ' Here a general shout burst from the by-standers — " A tory ! a ' tory ! a spy ! a refugee ! hustle...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as i£ were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone, « what brought...and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!» Here a general shout burst from the byestanders — « A tory ! a tory ! a spy ! a refugee ! hustle...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 3

1824 - 394 pages
...quite incomprehensible to the much astounded man, and the only answer he can make is, that " he is a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him !" These unlucky words make matters still worse with honest Van Winkle, and he is about to be consigned...
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Legends of Terror!: And Tales of the Wonderful and Wild ; Original and ...

1826 - 654 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes, and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded, in an austere tone, " what brought...place, and a loyal subject of the king, God bless him !" Here a general shout burst from the bystanders — " A tory ! a tory ! a aру ! a refugee ! hustle...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp liai penetrating, as it were, into bis very soul, demanded, in an austere tone, " what brought...place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him !" Here a general shout burst from the by-standers — " A tory ! a tory ! a spy ! a refugee ! hustle...
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