 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 360 pages
...comprehend the question ; when a knowing, self -imports tant old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere 410 tone, "What brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels ; and... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 396 pages
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made 25 his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on hb cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 400 pages
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made 25 his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!" Here a general shout burst from... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 pages
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp co'cked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo,69 the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into... | |
 | Marion Florence Lansing - 1914 - 264 pages
...on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, "Are you a Federal or a Democrat ?" Then an old gentleman made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and demanded, "What brings you to the election with a gun on your shoulder, and a mob at your heels ? Do... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 pages
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made 25 his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone, 30 "What brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels; and whether... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1916 - 422 pages
...comprehend the question ; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows ,.s he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his... | |
 | Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1917 - 386 pages
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into Rip's very soul, demanded in an austere tone "what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder... | |
 | Maria Montessori - 1917 - 526 pages
...beard was a foot long. — A self-important old gentleman pushed through the crowd, shoving the people to the right and left with his elbows as he passed; and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one hand on his side, the other resting on his cane, he demanded with an austere tone : " What are you... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1918 - 432 pages
...comprehend the question, when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked 15 hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...as it were, into his very soul, — demanded in an 20 austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels,... | |
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Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question ; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp 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... 
