 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 Seiten
...comprehend the question, when a knowing self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...demanded in an austere tone, " What brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels ? and whether he meant to breed a riot... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 Seiten
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...demanded in an austere tone, " what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 Seiten
...comprehend the question, when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...demanded, in an austere tone, what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 Seiten
...self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the rjght and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting...demanded in an austere tone, " What brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in... | |
 | Edward Napoleon Kirby - 1884 - 250 Seiten
...old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and the left with his elbows as he passed ; and planting himself...demanded, in an austere tone, what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 Seiten
...comprehend the question, when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...demanded, in an austere tone, "What brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 Seiten
...comprehend the question ; when a knowing self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...demanded in an austere tone, " What brought him to the election with a gnu on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 Seiten
...and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo,3 the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp...demanded in an austere tone, " What brought him to the election4 with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...comprehend the question ; when a knowing,2 self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo,3 the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 522 Seiten
...comprehend the question ; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and...eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his verv soul, demanded, in an austere tone, " what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder,... | |
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Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question, when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle... 
