| John Ayrton Paris - 1857 - 632 pagina’s
...eagerness of his flight. The goblin pressed hard upon him ; he was not more than a yard behind htm, when he was seen to take up his head, and with gigantic...witnessed." " It is most ingeniously managed," said the viear ; " the figures really diminish and enlarge at pleasure, like Milton's incorporeal spirits."'... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1861 - 474 pagina’s
...distance : the schoolmaster, Crane, was also seen belabouring the starveling ribs of his steed, ofd Gunpowder, and quickening his pace towards the very..." It is most ingeniously managed," said the vicar ; " the figures really diminish and enlarge at pleasure, like Milton's incorporeal spirits." The populace... | |
| Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind. The... | |
| Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavoured to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder and the goblin rider passed by like ;i whirlwind. The next morning the... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile,8 but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash. He was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind. 13.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1875 - 98 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to d<xlge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind. The... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavoured to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into tho dust, and Gunpowder and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind. The next morning the... | |
| Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash : he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind. The... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile,8 but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash. He was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind. 13.... | |
| Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 pagina’s
...very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash. He was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind. 13.... | |
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