Hollow, as they sometimes called him. He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of... The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq - Page 271by Washington Irving - 1834 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting arid splut tering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and...Hollow, as they sometimes called him. He would delight thorn equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the, direful omens and portentous sights and sounds... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill (N.Y.) - 1882 - 258 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and sputtering along the hearth, and listen to their marvelous tales of ghosts, and goblins, and haunted fields and haunted brooks, and haunted * The whip-poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note, which... | |
| Washington Irving - Short stories - 1883 - 272 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and...Galloping Hessian of the Hollow, as they sometimes * The whip-poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note, which... | |
| Washington Irving - 1883 - 52 pages
...with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous talcs of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and haunted...bridges, and haunted houses, and particularly of the 260 headless horseman, or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow, as they sometimes called him. He would delight... | |
| Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...fire with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields and...earlier times of Connecticut, and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting-stars, and with the alarming fact that the world... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1891 - 276 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and...earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world... | |
| Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and...earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1892 - 170 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and sputtering along the hearth, and listen to their marvelous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and...in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut,2 and would frighten them wofully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and...brooks, and haunted bridges, and haunted houses, and par* The whip-poor-will is a bird which is only heard at night. It receives its name from its note,... | |
| Washington Irving - Avarice - 1893 - 318 pages
...fire, with a row of apples roasting and sputtering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and haunted brooks, and haunted houses, and particularly of the headless horseman, or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow, as they sometimes... | |
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