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" At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell... "
The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots ... - Page 320
1819
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New ... Reader, Volume 4

California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1893 - 248 pages
...presented a high, impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad, deep basin, black from the...tree that overhung a sunny precipice; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done?...
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The sketch book: Bändchen 1

Washington Irving - American fiction - 1894 - 282 pages
...presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows...Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again ait called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows,...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1894 - 402 pages
...presented a high, impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding: forest. fcjKJ i\y> then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - Americans - 1848 - 482 pages
...presented a high impenetrable wall over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows...that overhung a sunny precipice ; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What *ras to be done...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Volume 5

Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 pages
...presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows...that overhung a sunny precipice ; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done?...
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Public Speaking and Reading: A Treatise on Delivery According to the ...

Edward Napoleon Kirby - Oratory - 1895 - 216 pages
...twisted their coils and tendrils from tree to tree, and spread a kind of network in his path. 8. Here poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was answered only by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, which were sporting high in air about a withered...
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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ...

American essays - 1896 - 374 pages
...presented a high, impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad, deep basin, black from the...tree that overhung a sunny precipice, and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done?...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1896 - 416 pages
...a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a tlock of idle crows, sporting high in air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done?...
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Introduction to American Literature: Including Illustrative Selections, with ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1897 - 554 pages
...presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows...that overhung a sunny precipice ; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done?...
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Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1897 - 50 pages
...presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows...tree that overhung a sunny precipice; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done?...
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