 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 280 Seiten
...comprehend the question; when a knowing selfimportant 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 2o arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 458 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 left with his elbows as ho passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 Seiten
...comprc. hend 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... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 Seiten
...comprehend the question; when a knowing, selfimportant 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... | |
 | Edward Napoleon Kirby - 1895 - 216 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 Seiten
...question ; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through die crowd, putting them to the right and left with his...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... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 256 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 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... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 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... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 Seiten
...gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his wny 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... | |
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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... 
