 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 - Стр. 149авторы: Washington Irving - 1835Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - Страниц: 586
...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...resource on such occasions, either to drown thought, or * The whip-poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note, which... | |
 | 1912 - Страниц: 414
...and if by chance a huge blockTHE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW head 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 of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1912 - Страниц: 356
...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... | |
 | 1914 - Страниц: 442
...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 10 token. His only resource on such occasions, either to drown thought, or drive away evil spirits,... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - Страниц: 670
...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...drown 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... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - Страниц: 314
...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 up the ghost, with the 5 idea that he was struck with a witch's token. His only resource on such occasions, either to drown... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman - 1916 - Страниц: 346
...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... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - Страниц: 424
...of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give up 20 the ghost, with the idea that he was struck with a...evening, were often filled with awe, at hearing his nasal 25 melody, "in linked sweetness long drawn out," floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Everett Hale, Washington Irving, Francis Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain - 1917 - Страниц: 616
...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...evening, were often filled with awe, at hearing his 1 The whip•poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note,... | |
 | 1918 - Страниц: 424
...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...often 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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