| Washington Irving - 1865 - 532 σελίδες
...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 the dim and ghastlv glare of a snowy night! — -With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light... | |
| Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 σελίδες
...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...trembling ray of light streaming across the waste tields from some distant window ! — How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which,... | |
| Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 σελίδες
...residence in this spell-bound region. No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night ! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath... | |
| Washington Irving - 1875 - 98 σελίδες
...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... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 σελίδες
...dared to show 96 his 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 it the sound of his own... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 σελίδες
...residence in this spell-bound region. No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow. What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night ! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his. own steps on tb' crust beneath his... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 σελίδες
...specter 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...some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted specter, beset his very path ! — How ofien did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own... | |
| Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 σελίδες
...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...very path ! How often did he shrink with curdling awe 2 at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet, and dread to look over his shoulder,... | |
| Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 σελίδες
...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...snowy night ! With what wistful look did he eye every 270 trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window ! How often was... | |
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