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" 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. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose... "
A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the ... - Page 353
by Robert Bolton - 1848
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The Phonetic Journal, Volume 42

1890 - 864 pages
...the night-шаге, with her whole nine fold, seeins to nuke it the fuvurita scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be oommander-in-cMef of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without...
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Essays from The Sketch Book, Parts 1-2

Washington Irving - 1891 - 270 pages
...country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless Otittle during the Revolutionary War, and who is evei 1 More commonly...
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Rip Van Winkle: And Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever 1 More commonly...
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Essays from The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 pages
...country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figare on horseback, without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose...
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The Schoolmaster in Literature: Containing Selections from the Writings of ...

1892 - 606 pages
...country, and the nightmare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...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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Cathcart's Literary Reader: A Manual of English Literature : Being Typical ...

George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...country, and the nightmare, with her whole nine fold,1 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...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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...Ten Selections from the Sketch-book

Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 pages
...; and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian3 trooper, whose 1 A distinguished English navigator, who made four voyages, attempting to find...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn. [pseud.]

Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commmander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without...
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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...nightmare, ivith her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols."^ P. 109. haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief...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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The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the ..., Volume 2

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...and the night-mare, with her whole niue fold, seems to make it the favorite si-ene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted...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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