 The fire-flies, too, which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places, now and then startled him, as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him,...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon - Page 149by Washington Irving - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1820 - 636 pages
...stream across his path ; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody, " in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road.' We are... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...stream across his path ; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...ghost, with the idea that he was struck with a witch's * The whip-poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note which... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1821 - 328 pages
...stream across his path; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...filled with awe, at hearing his nasal melody, " in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road. Another... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...stream across his path ; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...filled with awe, at hearing his nasal melody, "in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road. * The whip-poor-will... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...stream across his path ; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...ghost, with the idea that he was struck with a witch's * The whip-poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note, which... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 490 pages
...only heard at night. It receives its name from its note, which is thought to resemble those words. token. His only resource on such occasions, either...thought, or drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes;—and the good people of Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an evening, were often... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...only heard at nigtit. It receives its name from its note, which is thought to resemble those words. against him, the poor varlet was ready to give up...drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes; — andthegood peopleof Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an evening, were often filled... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...stream across his path ; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...filled with awe, at hearing his nasal melody, " in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road. Another... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...stream across his path; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...filled with awe, at hearing his nasal melody, " in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road. Another... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...stream across his path; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give...filled with awe, at hearing his nasal melody, " in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road. Another... | |
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