If I can but reach that bridge," thought Ichabod, " I am safe." Just then he heard the black steed panting and blowing close behind him ; he even fancied that he felt his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the... The Quarterly Review - Pàgina 55editat per - 1821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1898 - 264 pàgines
...walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones' ghostly competitor had disappeared. " If I can but...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side : and... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pàgines
...mistaken. He saw the walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones's ghostly competitor had disappeared....Ichabod, " I am safe." Just then he heard the black steed blowing and panting behind him; he even fancied that he felt his hot breath. Another convulsive kick... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pàgines
...the walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brorn Bones's ghostly competitor had disappeared. " If I...Ichabod, " I am safe." Just then he heard the black steed blowing and panting behind him ; he even fancied that he felt his hot breath. Another convulsive kick... | |
| Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 pàgines
...mistaken. He saw the walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones's ghostly competitor had disappeared....Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now... | |
| 1899 - 312 pàgines
...walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones' s ghostly competitor had disappeared. "If I can but...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side, and... | |
| 1899 - 312 pàgines
...walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones' s ghostly competitor had disappeared. "If I can but...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1900 - 170 pàgines
...walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bone's ghostly competitor had disappeared. " If I can but...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side, and now... | |
| William Landon Felter - 1900 - 244 pàgines
...walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones' ghostly competitor had disappeared. " If I can but...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge ; he thundered over the resounding planks ; he gained the opposite side, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 pàgines
...walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones' ghostly competitor had disappeared. "If I can but...Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now... | |
| Lillian Gertrude Kimball - 1900 - 268 pàgines
...participle over the infinitive is that it gives the idea of longer continuance of the action ; as, " Just then he heard the black steed panting and blowing close behind him." — Irving. The expression kept me waiting is grammatically equivalent to made me zvait. 5. There are... | |
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