 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 666 sider
...well-known " Legend of Sleepy Hollow" " The sequestered situation of this church," says the author of thi» legend, " seem always to have made it a favorite haunt...from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine mod. estly forth like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement. A gentle slope descends... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1845 - 664 sider
...surrounded by locust trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine mod. estly forth like Christian purity beaming through the shades...sheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which, peep* may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 642 sider
...Sleepy Hollow. " The sequestered situation of this church," says the author of the legend, " seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled...trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent white washed walls shine modestly forth, like Christian purity, beaming through the shades of retirement.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 sider
...his horse nightly among the graves in the church-yard. The sequestered situation of this church seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 518 sider
...his horse nightly among the graves in the church-yard. The sequestered situation of this church seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 sider
...his horse nightly among the graves in the church-yard. The sequestered situation of this church seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 484 sider
...nightly among the graves in the church-yard The sequestered situation of this church seems always to hare made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 sider
...have made it a favorite haunt of trouhled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like Christian i purity, beaming through the shades of retirement. A gentle slope descends from it to a silver sheet... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 sider
...troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among wThich etired * boasts and brags, sir." * Sir William Howe....stood to gaze (The truth can't be denied, sir), He sp ANCIENT DUTCH CHURCH.* slope descends to it from a silver sheet of water, u Having avowed myself a... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 sider
...language of Mr. Irving concerning it. " The sequestered situation of the church," he says, " seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust-trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent white-washed walls shine modestly forth, like... | |
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... of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horseman, who had been heard several times of late patrolling the country, and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The sequestered situation of this church seems always to have... 
