 I recollect that when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrelshooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my...  The sketch book. Tales of a traveller - Stran 415avtor: Washington Irving - 1881Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Walter Dill Scott - 1903 - 264 strani
...... I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun as it broke the Sabbath stillness...was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes." As an example of the way in which Washington Irving could awaken images of taste and of odor, examine... | |
 | Walter Dill Scott - 1903 - 256 strani
...... I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun as it broke the Sabbath stillness...was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes." As an example of the way in which Washington Irving could awaken images of taste and of odor, examine... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 strani
...I had wandered into it a<i noon time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness...and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the... | |
 | Lionel Strachey, Joel Chandler Harris, Andrew Lang, Brander Matthews, William Hayes Ward, Horatio Sheafe Krans - 1906 - 316 strani
...valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness...listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character o£ its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has... | |
 | Abraham Royer Brubacher, Dorothy Ermina Snyder - 1912 - 400 strani
...province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle. — IRVING. (8) If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might...know of none more promising than this little valley. — IRVING. (9) While, therefore, good nature depends on the physical organization, and cannot be cultivated... | |
 | 1914 - 442 strani
...I had wandered into it at noon-time when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was 20 startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness...dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, 25 I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 strani
...valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness...know of none more promising than this little valley. settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 strani
...all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the sabbath 5 stillness around, and was prolonged and reverberated...know of none more promising than this little valley. 10 From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman - 1916 - 346 strani
...valley. I had wandered into it at noon-time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the sabbath stillness...and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Everett Hale, Washington Irving, Francis Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain - 1917 - 616 strani
...valley. I had wandered into it at noon time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness...and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the... | |
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