 | Washington Irving - 1902 - 204 pages
...had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but, just as he had got halfway through the hollow, the girths of the saddle gave...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... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1902 - 504 pages
...had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase; but just as he had got half-way through the hollow, the girths of the saddle gave...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... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 572 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,...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under 1155 him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavored to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 296 pages
...had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got halfway through the hollow, the girths of the saddle gave...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... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 440 pages
...steed had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase; but just as he had got halfway through the hollow, the girths of the saddle gave...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... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 354 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 - 1906 - 472 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,...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... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 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,...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... | |
 | Grace Anna Burt - 1905 - 298 pages
...had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the chase ; but just as he had got halfway through the hollow the girths of the saddle gave way,...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... | |
 | Isabel Moore - 1906 - 360 pages
...As .yet the panic of the steed had given his unskillful rider an apparent advantage in the cha'se ; 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... 
