 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 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...the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some i say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, j during the early days of the settlement;... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1890 - 524 Seiten
...loved so well, — Sleepy Hollow, with its quaint Dutch church and its " drowsy, dreamy influence which seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere;" the village, stretching away towards Sunnyside; the primeval, undesecrated forest, and the Pocantico,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 72 Seiten
...the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Ducth settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known...doctor, during the early days of the settlement; others, than an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his powwows there before the country... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 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 German3 doctor, during the early days of the settlement ; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet... | |
 | 1898 - 266 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...seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmospuere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, during the early days of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 Seiten
...promising than this little valley. Prom the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to bang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a... | |
 | William Henry Wheeler - 1899 - 228 Seiten
...shrine. — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 5. Where earth and sky in dreamy distance meet. — JAMES A. GARFIELD. 6. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. — WASHINGTON IRVING. 7. A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue. — WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 8. The... | |
 | Oscar Israel Woodley, Myra Soper Woodley - 1901 - 322 Seiten
...reverberated by the angry echoes. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. — WASHINGTON IRVING. The description of the village of Grand Pre" and its inhabitants, in the poem... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 538 Seiten
...original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of " Sleepy Hollow," and 15 its rustic lads are called the "Sleepy Hollow Boys"...place was bewitched by a high German doctor during the 20 early days of the settlement ; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe,... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 268 Seiten
...reverberated by the angry echoes. . . . 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. — IUVIXG. CHAPTER VII. THE ADJECTIVE AND THE ADVERB. 82. Development Exercise. 1. Those birds are... | |
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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... 
