 | Edward Napoleon Kirby - 1884 - 250 pages
...turned his steps homeward. 10. As lie approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew ; which somewhat surprised him, for he had...different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. 1i. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 pages
...shout, but no dog was to be seen. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 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, always stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none2 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 recurrence3 of this gesture induced... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 pages
...the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he thought himself acquainted with every one in the country...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...turned his steps homewards. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress too was of a different fashion from that to which he was... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 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... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 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... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 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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... 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... 
