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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review - Page 175
1821
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Essays from The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 pages
...at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered ; it was...
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Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster ...

1891 - 494 pages
...at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered ; it was...
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Essays from The Sketch Book, Parts 1-2

Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 pages
...eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Eip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered ; it was...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting at him, and pointing at his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance,...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...! ^He had now entered the skirts of the village. A Ij troop of strange .children ran at his heels, hooting after him, and pointing at his gray beard....
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Ten Selections from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 170 pages
...at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered : it was...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered ; it was...
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...Ten Selections from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 pages
...'him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...pointing at his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of whirh he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered...
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The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2

P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 pages
...we would." RIP VAN WINKLE.— WASHINGTON IRVING. (HIS RETURN AFTER THE LONG SLEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS.) He had now entered the skirts of the village. A troop...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered ; it was...
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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture...astonishment, he found his beard had grown a foot long ! barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered : it was larger and more populous. There...
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