 | 1820 - 870 pages
...fL/ifl st°r%1 cbu -1?6 P4"" "f the steed had given his unskil••; but just as lie had got halfway through the hollow, the girths of the saddle gave...and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it hy the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to save himself hy... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 328 pages
...that the head, which should have rested on his shoulders, was carried before him on the pommel of the saddle ! His terror rose to desperation ; he rained...slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and ettdeavoUred to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had JHSt time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...' As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskilful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow,...vain ; and had just time to save himself by clasping Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to the earth, and he heard it trampled under foot by... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...' As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskilful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow,...vain; and had just time to save himself by clasping Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to the earth, and he heard it trampled under foot by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...S* As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskilful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow...and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain; and he had just time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...church. As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskilful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow, the girths of the Middle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 pages
...church. As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow,...slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavored to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...church. As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow,...slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavored to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...church. As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase; but just as he had got half way through the hollow,...slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavored to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...church. As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got half way through the hollow,...slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavored to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder... | |
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... a quarter of a mile, where it crosses the bridge famous in goblin story; and just beyond swells the green knoll on which stands the whitewashed church. As yet the panic of the steed had given his... 
