It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night,... The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Página 348de Washington Irving - 1820 - 419 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 296 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-inchief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the... | |
| Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 572 páginas
...dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region and seems to be commander-in-chief of 60 all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a...during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and 65 anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1906 - 472 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the... | |
| Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the... | |
| Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 354 páginas
...dominant spirit, however, that haunts this en- ' chanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurring along in the gloom of night, as if on the wind. His haunts are not confined to the valley,... | |
| Hanson Hart Webster - 1905 - 480 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever 1 More commonly known as Henry Hudson. He was an emiflent English navigator, who, while seeking a northwest... | |
| Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...figure on horseback without a head. It is said by soms to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some... | |
| 1905 - 626 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head. Correct such of the following sentences as are incorrect and give reason for each correction: (a) He... | |
| Washington Irving - 1905 - 138 páginas
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a 6gure on horseback without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian ' trooper, whose... | |
| Isabel Moore - 1906 - 360 páginas
...other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however,...Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever and anon seen by... | |
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