 | Edward Napoleon Kirby - Expression - 1884 - 250 pages
...large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. 21. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke, instead of idle speeches ; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. There was as usual a crowd of folks about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...native village. 1. THERE was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door of the inn, but none that Eip recollected. The very character of the people seemed...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke, instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...none that Rip recognised. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a bustling, busy, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches ; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 624 pages
...in large characters " GENERAL WASHINGTON." There was, as usual, a crowd of folks about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious 1 tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm2 and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...in large characters " GENERAL WASHINGTON." There was, as usual, a crowd of folks about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...people seemed changed. There was a- busy, bustling, disputatious1 tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm2 and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...WILLIAM PARSONS. XXXV. RIP VAN WINKLE.— V. 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, eager tone about it, instead of the usual drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...short and thick. RIP VAN WINKLE—Continued. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke, instead of idle speeches ; or Van Bummel, the school-master, doling forth the contents... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - Readers, American - 1888 - 366 pages
...in large characters, " GENERAL WASHINGTON." There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedcler, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco-smoke instead... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1889 - 524 pages
...in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door,» but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the...disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegmi8 and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad «... | |
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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 tranquillity. 
