 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 pages
...he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in ? hurry to get back to the church yard before daybreak....the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is... | |
 | Tom Hood - Wit and humor - 1869 - 292 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... | |
 | 1873 - 480 pages
...taking up some particular clause. The following selected at random is from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow : "The ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head." In language the smallest words seem to survive, with least change, the ravages of time. To, of and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Avarice - 1875 - 98 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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 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...rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along tho Hollow,' like a midnight blaat, is owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1876 - 452 pages
...concerning this specter, 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...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...concerning this specter, 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...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1878 - 152 pages
...concerning this spectre, allege that th» 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, 71 which has... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Readers - 1878 - 206 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 quest of his head ; u and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow like a midnight blast,... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 234 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... 
