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 75by Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Riddle - Readers - 1902 - 648 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his step homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom...him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recur* rence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,... | |
 | Edna Henry Lee Turpin - Readers - 1902 - 442 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... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1902 - 554 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. 5. 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1922 - 136 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 somewhat supprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress,... | |
 | Robert William Chambers - Short stories, American - 1923 - 1250 pages
...poc nd. He again called and whistled after his ( 1 by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared it him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked... | |
 | Joseph Albert Mosher - Gesture - 1920 - 668 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... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - American literature - 1926 - 648 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. 26 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... | |
 | John Harrie Beveridge, Belle M. Ryan, William Dodge Lewis - English language - 1926 - 474 pages
...So the hunter went on and little imagined what was at work in the Indian camp. 5. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew. 6. He entered the house, which Dame Van Winkle had always kept in neat order. 7. Many of the schools... | |
 | Leroy E. Armstrong - 1916 - 408 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... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - American fiction - 1927 - 516 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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