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" ... but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then,... "
Essays from the Sketch-book - Page 34
by Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 pages
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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest . Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast . He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ...

Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 pages
...fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in the air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice ; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed...
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Harper's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 5

Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. ยป He again called and whistled...elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's per- is plexities. What was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...fell into a, broad, deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to...
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American Prose: Hawthorne, Irving and Others

1891 - 432 pages
...fell into a broad, deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...fell iuto a broad, deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to...
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Ten Selections from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 170 pages
...fell into a broad, deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun, he dreaded to meet...
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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled...was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1894 - 458 pages
...his path. At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks...was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet...
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