 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 584 pages
...at his heels, soon attracted the attention of the tavern politicians. They crowded round him, eying him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator...rising on tiptoe inquired in his ear whether he was Federal or Democrat. Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question, when a knowing, self-important... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 pages
...at his heels, soon attracted the attention of the tavern politicians. They crowded round him, eying him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator...rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear. "Whether he was Federal or Democrat?" Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important... | |
 | Washington Irving, Arthur Rackham, Pat Stewart - 1983 - 52 pages
...at his heels, soon attracted the attention of the tavern politicans. They crowded round him, eyeing him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator...rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, "whether he was Federal or Democrat?" Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 pages
...at his heels soon attracted the attention of the tavern politicians. They crowded around him eying him from head to foot, with great curiosity. The orator bustled up to him, and drawing him partly aside, enquired "on which side he voted?" — Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little... | |
 | Jacek Fisiak - 1997 - 1004 pages
...at his heels soon attracted the attention of the tavern politicians. They crowded around him eying him from head to foot, with great curiosity. The orator bustled up to him, and drawing him partly aside, enquired "on which side he voted?" - Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 pages
...at his heels, soon attracted the attention of the tavern-politicians. They crowded round him, eying him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator...rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, "Whether he was Federal or Democrat?" Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question; when a knowing, selfimportant... | |
 | Hugh Berrington - 1998 - 250 pages
...Miller 167 David Denver 197 218 222 224 Britain in the Nineties The Politics of Paradox HUGH BERR1NGTON The orator bustled up to him, and drawing him partly...rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, 'Whether he was Federal or Democrat? ' ... 'Alas! gentlemen, ' cried Rip, somewhat dismayed, 7 am a poor quiet man,... | |
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The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired " on which side he voted ?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, " Whether he was... 
