 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...stared at him with equal marks of surpri.se, 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 I He had now entered the skirts of the village. A troop of strange children ran at his heels, houting... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of 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
...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...his heels, hooting after him, and pointing at his grey beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognised for an old acquaintance, barked at him as... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...could,"— 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... | |
 | 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, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 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... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 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... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 508 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...pointing at his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of svhich he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1878 - 152 pages
...they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this 3s0 gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he aa recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered ; it... | |
 | 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... | |
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... in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant... 
