Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1891 - 119 Seiten |
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... spirit ; we almost fancy we hear the gibbering yell of triumph bursting from the distended jaws of the spectre . But why should we thus seek to clothe death with unnecessary 175 terrors , and to spread horrors round the tomb of those we ...
... spirit ; we almost fancy we hear the gibbering yell of triumph bursting from the distended jaws of the spectre . But why should we thus seek to clothe death with unnecessary 175 terrors , and to spread horrors round the tomb of those we ...
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... spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander - in - chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head . It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian ...
... spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander - in - chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head . It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian ...
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... spirit ) , roguish boy . 154. Comforts of the cupboard . The description of the tea - table at Van Tassel's on a subsequent page fully explains this expression . 158. Dilating powers , etc. The anaconda is noted for swallowing large ...
... spirit ) , roguish boy . 154. Comforts of the cupboard . The description of the tea - table at Van Tassel's on a subsequent page fully explains this expression . 158. Dilating powers , etc. The anaconda is noted for swallowing large ...
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... spirits , was to sing psalm - tunes ; and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , " in linked sweetness long drawn out , " floating from the ...
... spirits , was to sing psalm - tunes ; and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , " in linked sweetness long drawn out , " floating from the ...
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... spirit disdained to ask while living . sauce . As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this , and as he rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow - lands , the rich fields 36 of wheat , of rye , of buckwheat and Indian corn , and ...
... spirit disdained to ask while living . sauce . As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this , and as he rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow - lands , the rich fields 36 of wheat , of rye , of buckwheat and Indian corn , and ...
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