Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin... The Sketch Book - Page 435by Washington Irving - 1843 - 446 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung "upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the...if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...felt his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the...if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling... | |
| Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the...rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then be saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavoured... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 330 pages
...convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder - sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the VOL. II. X resounding planks; he gained the opposite side ; and...endeavoured to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. Tt encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder,... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the...rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling Ms head at him. Ichabod endeavoured to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the...pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in a flash of flre and brimstone. Just then lie saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the...in the 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... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 482 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the...in the 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side ; nnd now Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer...in the 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 488 pages
...his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the...in the 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... | |
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