... 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 39 by Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 119 pages Full view - About this book