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Page 72
... each other , they clambered up a narrow gully , apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent . As they ascended , Rip every now and then heard long rolling peals , like distant thunder , which seemed to issue out of a deep ravine , 72.
... each other , they clambered up a narrow gully , apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent . As they ascended , Rip every now and then heard long rolling peals , like distant thunder , which seemed to issue out of a deep ravine , 72.
Page 73
... thunder showers which often take place in mountain heights , he pro- ceeded . Passing through the ravine , they came to a hollow , like a small amphitheatre , surround- ed by perpendicular precipices , over the brinks of which impending ...
... thunder showers which often take place in mountain heights , he pro- ceeded . Passing through the ravine , they came to a hollow , like a small amphitheatre , surround- ed by perpendicular precipices , over the brinks of which impending ...
Page 75
... thunder . As Rip and his companion approached them , they suddenly desisted from their play , and stared at him with such fixed statue - like gaze , and such strange , uncouth , lack lustre counte- nances , that his heart turned within ...
... thunder . As Rip and his companion approached them , they suddenly desisted from their play , and stared at him with such fixed statue - like gaze , and such strange , uncouth , lack lustre counte- nances , that his heart turned within ...
Page 90
... , one summer afternoon , the sound of their balls , like long peals of thunder . To make a long story short , the company broke up , and returned to the more important • concerns of the election . Rip's daughter took him 90.
... , one summer afternoon , the sound of their balls , like long peals of thunder . To make a long story short , the company broke up , and returned to the more important • concerns of the election . Rip's daughter took him 90.
Page 93
... thunder storm of a summer afternoon , about the Kaatskill , but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood , when life hangs heavy on ...
... thunder storm of a summer afternoon , about the Kaatskill , but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood , when life hangs heavy on ...
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