 In the dead hush of midnight he could even hear the barking of the watchdog from the opposite shore of the Hudson; but it was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn...  Irving's Sketch Book - Page 430by Washington Irving - 1901 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...the long-drawn crowing of a cock, accidently awakened, would sound far, far off, from some farm house away among the hills — but it was like a dreaming...chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 490 pages
...accidentally B n2 awakened, would sound far, far off, from some farm-house away among the hills—but it was like a dreaming sound in his ear. No signs...perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stones of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...B2 awakened, would sound far, far off, from some farm-house away among the hills — but it was hke a dreaming sound in his ear. No signs of life occurred...perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...farm-house away among the hills — but it was like the dreaming sound in his ear. No signs of life occurred near him, but occasionally the melancholy... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull- frog, from a neighbouring marsh , as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed.... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 482 pages
...was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man. Now and then, too, the long-drawn crowing of a cock,...sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon, now came crowding upon his... | |
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