 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 of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 304by Washington Irving - 1834Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 870 pages
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side, and...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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side ;...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,... | |
 | 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
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and...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
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung "upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and...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
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side ;...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 - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...Another convulsive kick on the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and...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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge ; he thundered over the VOL. n. x resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side...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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side ; and...endeavoured to dodge the horrible missile , but too late. It encountered his craninm with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust , and... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side ;...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 - 1843 - 390 pages
...Another convulsive kick in the ribs , and old Gunpowder sprung upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and...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,... | |
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