 | 1849 - 340 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face,...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...broad face, double eliin and fair long pipe, uttering clouda of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeehes; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the...these, a lean, bilious-looking fellow, with his pockets füll of handbills, was Imranguing vehemently about rights of citizens — elections — members of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face,...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke, instead of idle speeches, or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face,...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches ; or VanBummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 532 Seiten
...Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster,...with his pockets full of handbills, was haranguing vehementlv about rights of citizens — elections — members of Congress — liberty — Bunker's... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 520 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fan- long pipe, uttering clouds of tobaccosmoke instead of idle speeches ; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face,...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smokc instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 570 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face,...tobaccosmoke instead of idle speeches ; or Van Bummel, rtte schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper. In place of these, a lean, bilious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 Seiten
...chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobaccosmoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, (he schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper. In place of these, a lean, bilious - looking fellow, with his pockets full of hand - bills, was haranguing vehemently about rights... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 Seiten
...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face,...of an ancient newspaper. In place of these, a lean, bilious -looking fellow, with his pockets full of hand-bills, was haranguing vehemently about rights... | |
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GENERAL WASHINGTON. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy... 
