 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 - 1894 - Страниц: 396
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 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - Страниц: 462
...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 idea (hat he was struck with a witch's token. His only resource on such occasions, either to drown thought,... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - Страниц: 392
...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 - Страниц: 482
...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... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - Страниц: 396
...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... | |
 | 1896 - Страниц: 374
...persecutions, he earnestly, though vainly, strove to stem the reaction in the popular mind. 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," i floating from the distant hill or along the dusky road. Another... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - Страниц: 238
...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - Страниц: 152
...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...their doors of an evening, were often filled with 1 Cotton Mather was a famous Boston * The whip-poor-will is a bird which is clergyman (1663-1738).... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - Страниц: 152
...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...of Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an eveijing, were often filled with 1 Cotton Mather was a famous Boston * The whip-poor-will is a bird... | |
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