 How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! And how often was he thrown into complete...  Model English: The development of thought - Page 96by Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which like sheeted spectre beset his very path ! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings. All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...it was the galloping Hessian on one of his nightly sco u rings ! ' All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like sheeted spectre, beset his very path ! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings ! All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...it was the galloping Hessian on one of his nightly sco u rings ! ? All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 490 pages
...appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path!—How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him!—and how often was he thrown into complete dismayby some rushing blast, howling among the trees,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...— and how often was he thrown into complete dismay bv some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly semirings ! All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which like a sheeted spectre beset his very path ! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest be should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him ! — and how often was he thrown into... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night I With what wistful look did he eye every trembling...shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being trampling close behind him ! — and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 330 pages
...was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path ! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound...shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being trampling close behind him ! —and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast,... | |
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