 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 52 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper, having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak. 70 Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege, that the body of the trooper having been buried in the church-yard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...of his head ; and that the rushing speed with which ho sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that, the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...his being belated and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished... | |
 | 1890 - 864 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper, having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...of his head ; and that the rushing speed with which ha sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to hi! being belated, and in... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1890 - 570 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper, having been buried in the church-yard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...of his head ; and that the rushing speed with which ho sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 278 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1892 - 160 pages
...concerning this specter, allege that, the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished... | |
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... the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head; and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard... 
