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" There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. "
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated ... - Page 296
by Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1984 - 940 pages
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American Prose: Hawthorne, Irving and Others

1891 - 432 pages
...folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Veclder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. the people( seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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Essays from the Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 278 pages
...folk about the door, but none that Hip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...about the 3'9 »loor, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquility. He looked in vain for the sage, Nicholas V edder, with his broad face, double chin, and...
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...Ten Selections from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 pages
...folk about the -door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2

P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 pages
...about the door, but • none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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The New Fifth Reader

Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 pages
...cocked hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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Selections from the Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 pages
...folk about the door, but none that Kip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about...of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe,...
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