 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 278 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY 1 Irving subsequently bought the little stone cottage where the Van Tassels were said to have lived,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY 1 Irving subsequently bought the little stone cottage where the Van Tassels were said to have lived,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the pe 3uliar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...sequestered glen has long been known by- the name of SLEEPS 1 Irving subsequently bought the little stone cottage where the Van Tassels were said to have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...Hollow Boys " throughout all the neighboring country. A firowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1892 - 694 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, aud its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy,... | |
 | 1892 - 778 Seiten
...serves to make "just murmur enough to lull one to repose." He names it Sleepy Hollow, because here '' a drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere." Besides the purely rustic beauties of the place there was also, not only in scenic suggestion but also... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighbouring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very... | |
 | Sheldon and Company - 1895 - 388 Seiten
...4. Keep plodding, 'tis wiser than sitting aside, And dreaming and sighing, and waiting the tide. 5. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. 6. Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken. — POE. 7. He went through life bearing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long boon known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...atmosphere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a High-German doctor, during the early days of the settlement ; others, that an old Indian chief, the... | |
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I should wish for a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar... 
