Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1888 - 119 Seiten |
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... figure on horseback , without a head . It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon - ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen ...
... figure on horseback , without a head . It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon - ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen ...
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... figure among them in the 205 churchyard , between services on Sundays ! gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering ...
... figure among them in the 205 churchyard , between services on Sundays ! gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering ...
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... figure 211. Orthodox ( Gr . ¿ plós , orthos , right , straight ; and dóğa , doxa , opinion , doctrine ) , sound in ... figures , and by the aid of ventriloquism makes them appear to talk . idle Wanderer I was let briefly into his history ...
... figure 211. Orthodox ( Gr . ¿ plós , orthos , right , straight ; and dóğa , doxa , opinion , doctrine ) , sound in ... figures , and by the aid of ventriloquism makes them appear to talk . idle Wanderer I was let briefly into his history ...
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THE VOYAGE | 1 |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY | 11 |
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW | 28 |
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