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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... "
A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the ... - Page 338
by Robert Bolton - 1848
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The Sketch Book, and Bracebridge Hall

Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 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...
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American Stories

Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 296 pages
...the trooper having been in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightl)' quest of his head, and that the rushing speed with...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak.1 Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has...
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Literary Readings: An Introduction to the Study of Literature

Charles Madison Curry - American literature - 1903 - 572 pages
...trooper having been buried in the church-yard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly 75 quest of his head; and that the rushing speed with...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary super- so stition, which...
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Comedy

Frederick Brigham De Berard - Literature - 1905 - 354 pages
...facts concerning this spectre, allege, that the body of the trooper having been 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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American Classics for Seventh and Eighth Grade Reading: With Biographical ...

Hanson Hart Webster - Readers and speakers - 1905 - 480 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...
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Washington Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 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...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...
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The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and ..., Volume 1

Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1905 - 316 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 Heart of Oak Books: Sixth Book

Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1906 - 416 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. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has...
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The Eaton Readers..., Volume 5

Isabel Moore - Readers - 1906 - 360 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 Best American Tales Chosen

Short stories, American - 1907 - 392 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...
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