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" When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs, but when pleased, he would... "
Rip Van Winkle, and Other Sketches - Page 12
by Washington Irving - 1882 - 240 pages
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Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 542 pages
...but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid 25 clouds ; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth...approbation. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would sud30 denly break in upon the tranquillity...
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Sketch Book

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 538 pages
...smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs ; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid 25 clouds ; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth and letting the fragrant vapor curl about...
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Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 546 pages
...smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs ; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid 25 clouds ; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth and letting the fragrant vapor curl about...
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Selected English Short Stories (nineteenth Century)

Hugh Walker - Short stories - 1920 - 576 pages
...frequent, and angry puffs, but 'when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and omit it in light and placid clouds ; and sometimes, taking...the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapour curl : ' TI" i> his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. From even...
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Selected English Short Stories (nineteenth Century)

Hugh Walker - Short stories - 1916 - 594 pages
...and placid clouds ; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapour curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. Prom even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly...
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The Elson Readers..: Book 5-8 ...

William Harris Elson - 1921 - 552 pages
...smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and...fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod 20 his head in token of perfect approbation. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length...
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The Elson Readers: (Revision of Elson grammar school reader, book four)

William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - Readers - 1921 - 680 pages
...taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod 20 his head in token of perfect approbation. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquillity of...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1922 - 398 pages
...smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs, but when pleased he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and...the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapour curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. From even this...
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Representative American Short Stories

Robert William Chambers - Short stories, American - 1923 - 1250 pages
...smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and...approbation. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquillity of...
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American Literary Readings

Leonidas Warren Payne - American literature - 1917 - 734 pages
...emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the 2oo fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. I From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly...
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