... 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 34by Washington Irving - 1900 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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