 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 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 - 1897 - 50 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, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrance of this gesture, induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 256 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... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 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...different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. 10 They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 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...different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. 10 They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 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 thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1898 - 412 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...cast eyes upon him invariably stroked their chins. This gesture induced Rip to do the same, when, to his astonishment, he found his beard had grown a... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 610 pages
...people, but none whom he knew, which surprised him, for he thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different...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... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 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...was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal murks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. Tho... | |
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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... 
