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" ... 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 recurrence... "
Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc., for ... - Page 37
by Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 119 pages
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Essays from The Sketch Book, Parts 1-2

Washington Irving - 1891 - 272 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
...and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...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
...whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...! ^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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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...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 - 242 pages
...whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip involuntarily to do the same,...his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recog' nized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered : it...
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...Ten Selections from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 pages
...whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip involuntarily to do the same,...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
...and whenever they cast eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...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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Selections from the Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 pages
...whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...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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Selections from Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1894 - 426 pages
...whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same,...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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