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" ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. 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.... "
The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 60
by Washington Irving - 1834
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Rip Van Winkle, and Other Sketches

Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 pages
...scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to...among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered his rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached...
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Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc., for ...

Washington Irving - 1883 - 152 pages
...grieved to give up his dog and his gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve 340 among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered...of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. .,-. \H As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat...
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Vocal and Action-language Culture and Expression

Edward Napoleon Kirby - 1884 - 250 pages
...at the poor man's perplexities. 9. What was to be done ? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to...of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. 10. As lie approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew ; which somewhat...
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Favorite Authors in Prose and Poetry

James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and his gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook...
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Sixth Or Classic English Reader

William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and his gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife : but it would not...trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none2 whom he knew; which somewhat surprised...
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Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 6

William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...scoff at l the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and his gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife : but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook...
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Higher reading book for schools, colleges, and general use, ed. by C.M. Yonge

Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and his gun, and he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook...
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Cassell's Readable readers, Book 5

Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and his gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook...
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The Continental First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 pages
...scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to...trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised...
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Mark Twain's Library of Humor

1888 - 742 pages
...scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to...trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised...
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