 He seized it by the pommel, and endeavored to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to the earth, and he heard it trampled under foot by his pursuer.  The Beauties of Washington Irving ... - Page 349by Washington Irving - 1884 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to...Ripper's wrath passed across his mind — for it was his Sunday saddle ; but this was no time for petty fears; the goblin was hard on his haunches; and (unskilful... | |
 | 1820 - 870 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it hy the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to save himself hy clasping oH Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to the earth, and he heard it trampled... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to...Ripper's wrath passed across his mind — for it was his Sunday saddle ; but this was no time for petty fears ; the goblin was hard on his haunches ; and (unskilful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 328 pages
...under him. He seized it by the pommel, and ettdeavoUred to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had JHSt time to save himself by clasping old Gunpowder round...and he heard it trampled under foot by his pursuer. Fbr a moment the terror of Hans Van Ripper's wrath passed across his mind — for it was his Sunday... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to save himself by clasping Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to the earth, and he heard it trampled under foot by... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to save himself by clasping Gunpowder round the neck, when the saddle fell to the earth, and he heard it trampled under foot by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to...Ripper's wrath passed across his mind — for it was his Sunday saddle; but this was no time for petty fears ; the goblin was hard on his haunches; and (unskilful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain ; and had just time to...Ripper's wrath passed across his mind — for it was his Sunday saddle ; but this was no time for petty fears ; the goblin was hard on his haunches ; and (unskilful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to...Ripper's wrath passed across his mind — for it was his Sunday saddle ; but this was no time for petty fears ; the goblin was hard on his haunches ; and (unskilful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 330 pages
...saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him. He seized it by the pommel, and endeavoured to hold it firm, but in vain; and had just time to...terror of Hans Van Ripper's wrath passed across his mind—for it was his Sunday saddle; but this was no time for petty fears ; the goblin was hard on... | |
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