 The flanking parties were quietly extending themselves, out of sight, on each side of the valley, and the residue were stretching themselves, like the links of a chain, across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy; snuffing the...  A Tour on the Prairies - Page 135by Washington Irving - 1835 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 470 pages
...were stretching themselves, like the links of a chain, across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy ; snuffing the air, snorting,...from among the trees : unluckily, however, we had our wildfire, Jack-a-lantern little Frenchman to deal with. Instead of keeping quietly up the right... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 472 pages
...were stretahing themselves, like the links of a chain, across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy ; snuffing the air, snorting,...from among the trees : unluckily, however, we had our wildfire, Jack-a-lantern little Frenchman to deal with. Instead of keeping quietly up the right... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1849 - 394 pages
...were stretching themselves, like the links of a chain, across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy; snuffing the air, snorting,...they would have ' been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of a hunter from among the trees: unluckily, however, we had our wildfire Jack-o'-lantern... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy ; snuffing the air, snorting,...toward the river, and disappeared behind a green bank. 9. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 398 pages
...were stretching themselves, like the links of a chain, across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy ; snuffing the air, snorting,...observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of a hunter from among the trees ; unluckily, however, we had our wildfire Jack-o'-lantern... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy; snuffing the air, snorting,...toward the river, and disappeared behind a green bank. 9. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy; snuffing the air, snorting,...about. At length, they + pranced off slowly toward the liver, and disappeared behind a green bank. 9. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed,... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy, — snuffing the air, snorting,...observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of a hunter from among the trees ; unluckily, however, we had our wild-fire, Jack-o'-lantern,... | |
 | James Greenwood - Game and game-birds - 1870 - 496 pages
...were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy, — snuffing the air, snorting,...observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of a hunter from the trees. Unluckily, however, we had our wildfire, jack-o'lantern... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - Readers - 1875 - 444 pages
...were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy, — snuffing the air, snorting,...toward the river, and disappeared behind a green bank. 10. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed, they would have been quietly checked and... | |
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