 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 Seiten
...spectre dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst...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... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 544 Seiten
...specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst...some shrub covered with snow, which like a sheeted specter beset his very path ! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 572 Seiten
...dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent 305 walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst...fields from some distant window! — How often was he 31o appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path! —... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 296 Seiten
...window ! — How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which like a sheeted specter beset his very path ! — 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... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 724 Seiten
...menschen, zulk een (zoo'n) menschen, there is no analogue in English. Compare the following quotations: I. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy light! WASH. IRV., Sketch -Bk., XXXII, 349. What myriads of women have cried over it (sc. the teapot),... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 Seiten
...spectre dared to show his face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his .path amidst...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... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 Seiten
...all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood-fire, and where, of course, no specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his...some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted specter, beset his very path! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 354 Seiten
...specter dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst...some shrub covered with snow, which like a sheeted specter beset his very path ! — How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1905 - 480 Seiten
...spectre dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst...every trembling ray of light streaming across the 1 From Milton's L' Allegro. waste fields from some distant window ! How often was he appalled by some... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1906 - 416 Seiten
...by the terrors of his subsequent walk homeward. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amid the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night ! — With...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... | |
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... face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night! With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming... 
