 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle: it was but the rubbing of one huge bough upon another, as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in...bridge over this stream. On that side of the road whore the brook entered the wood, a group of oaks and chestnuts, matted thick with wild grape-vines,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 304 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle : It was but the rubbing of one huge branch ' upon another, as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in...brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and thickly wooded glen, known by the name of Wiley's swamp. A few rough logs, laid side by side, served... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 474 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle : it was but the rubbing of one huge bough upon another, as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in...from the tree a small brook crossed the road, and ran int© a marshy and thickly-wooded glen, known by the name of Wiley's swamp. A few rough logs, laid... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 Seiten
...towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighbourhood, and formed a kind of landmark. About two hundred yards from the tree a small brook...side by side, served for a bridge over this stream. This has ever since been considered a haunteds treain, and fearful are the feeling of the schoolboy... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle. It was but the rubbing of one huge bough upon another as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in safety, but new perils lay before him. 6. About two hundred yards from the tree a small brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 Seiten
...towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighbourhood and formed a kind of land-mark. About two hundred yards from the tree a small brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and thickly wooded glen, known by the name of Wiley's Swamp. A few rough logs, laid side by side, served... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 Seiten
...they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in safety, but new perils lay before him. 6. About two hundred yards from the tree a small brook...side by side, served for a bridge over this stream. To pass this bridge was the severest trial. It was at this identical 5 spot that the unfortunate Andre... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle — it was but the rubbing of one huge bough upon another, as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in...brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and thickly wooded glen, known by the name of Wiley's Swamp. A few rough logs, laid side by side, served... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle. It was but the rubbing of one huge bough upon another as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in safety, but new perils lay before him. 6. About two hundred yards from the tree a small brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 Seiten
...knees smote against the saddle. It was but the rubbing of one huge bough upon another as they were swayed about by the breeze. He passed the tree in safety, but new perils lay before him. 6. About two hundred yards from the tree a small brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and... | |
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... looking more narrowly, perceived that it was a place where the tree had been scathed by lightning, and the white wood laid bare. Suddenly he heard a groan. His teeth chattered, and his knees smote against the saddle. It was but the rubbing of one... 
