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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 New Fifth Reader

Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 pages
...turned his steps homeward. 5. 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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The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the ..., Volume 2

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...turned his steps borneward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. Tne constant recurrence of this gesture, induced Kip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,...
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Selections from the Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 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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New ... Reader, Volume 4

California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 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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Selections from Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1894 - 422 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: Bändchen 1

Washington Irving - 1894 - 282 pages
...number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself is acquainted with every one in the country round. Their...whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked 20 their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 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 Heart of Oak Books, Volume 5

Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 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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Public Speaking and Reading: A Treatise on Delivery According to the ...

Edward Napoleon Kirby - 1895 - 216 pages
...turned his steps homeward. 10. As he 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. 1 1 . They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise ; and, whenever they cast eyes upon him,...
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Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc., For ...

Washington Irving - 1895 - 150 pages
...village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had MS thought himself acquainted with every one in the country...dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to whicli he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast...
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