 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip,... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same—when, to hia astonishment, he found his beard had grown a foot long! 3. He had now entered the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...at him with surprise, and invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture9 induced Rip involuntarily to do the same, when to...astonishment he found his beard had grown a foot. He had now entered the outskirts of the village. A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1878 - 152 pages
...him, for he had sa thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was...stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this 3s0 gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment, he found his beard... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...roisters, tendrils, forlorn, abandoned, desolateness, metamorphosed. Paraphrase in your own words : " The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip involuntarily to do the same." V. Point out the passages of the piece which you think most notable for a graceful style. XCV.— RIP... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pages
...village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew. They all stared at him with surprise, and invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...astonishment he found his beard had grown a foot. He had now entered the outskirts of the village. A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...garrison, caparison, sausage, palisade, crusade, abeisance u. obeisance. country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was...with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast eyes upon him , invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip,... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 508 pages
...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 accustomed. They all stared at nun with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 970 pages
...surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was...their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. Thu constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
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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 every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he... 
