 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 Irving Gift: Being Choice Gems - Page 260by Washington Irving - 1853 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 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...goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurlQg his head at him. Ichabod endeavoured to !^odge the horrible missile, but too late. It ^countered... | |
 | 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 - 1835 - 194 pages
...fell 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...horrible missile , but too late. It encountered his craninm with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust , and Gunpowder . the black... | |
 | 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 - American essays - 1848 - 518 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 - 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... | |
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