 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 520 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Eip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scon" at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again culled and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and his gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog : he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his gun and dog ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...lie again called and whistled after his dog ; ho was only answered by tho cawing of a flock of idlo crows, sporting high in air about a dry tree that...who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down nnd scoff nt tho poor man's perplexities. What was to bo done ? — tho morning was passing away, and... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | Harris Ray Greene - 1870 - 800 pages
...beautiful garden that I ever saw. 17. The wisest man in America. 18. The finest house on the street. 19. "A flock of idle crows sporting high in air, about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice." — Irving. 20. " Nicholas Vedder a patriarch of the village and landlord of the inn at which he took... | |
 | Harris Ray Greene - 1871 - 284 pages
...beautiful garden that I ever saw. 17. The wisest man in America. 18. The finest house on the street. 19. "A flock of idle crows sporting high in air, about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice." — Irving. 20. " Nicholas Vedder a patriarch of the village and landlord of the inn at which he took... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog. He was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife : but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog. He was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? Morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his... | |
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... came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing... 
