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" ... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met... "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Page 326
1819
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn

Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they ca-t their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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The Illustrated Parlour Miscellany

1849 - 340 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. With a new intr. by the author

Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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The sketch book

Washington Irving - 1849 - 484 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a differeat fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of...
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Handbuch der nordamericanischen National-Literatur: Sammlung von ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...anxiety, turned his Steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him , for he had...country round. Their dress, too was of a different fasbion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise,...
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The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History ...

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pages
...shouldered the rusty fire-lock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his stops homeward. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from...invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture, induced Rip involuntarily to do the same, when, to his astonishment, ho found his beard...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Artist's ed

Washington Irving - 1865 - 520 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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Penny readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter, Volume 5

Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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The golden gift, a book for the young

Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip involuntarily to do the same, when, to his astonishment, he found his beard...
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Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse, Volume 1

Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...tho villngo ho mot a number of people, but none whom ho knew, which somewhat surprised him, for ho had thought himself acquainted with every one in the...with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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