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" He grieved to give up his dog and 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 Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 75
by Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 pages
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 21

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 434 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom...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 Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ...

John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1899 - 546 pages
...firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which surprised him, for he thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress, too,...
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The New Century First [-- ] Reader, Book 4

Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared...
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The New Century Fourth Reader: Selected and Adapted from the World's ...

Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared...
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Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Hudson

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1900 - 252 pages
...with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. Kip Van Winkle. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom...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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Five Great Authors: Complete Characteristic Selections from the Works of ...

William Landon Felter - Readers - 1900 - 246 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom...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...
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Essays from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1900 - 170 pages
...firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom...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...
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Selected Essays from The Sketch Book by Washington Irving: Prescribed by the ...

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 218 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom...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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Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 544 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. 25 V^ As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom...different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. 30 They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him...
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Specimens of the Short Story

George Henry Nettleton - Fiction - 1901 - 264 pages
...people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat sur prised him, for he had thought himself acquainted 20 with every one in the country round. Their dress,...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The con- 25 slant recurrence of this gesture induced...
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