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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 Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1894 - 420 pages
...her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. Cbe XegenO of Sleeps fwllow 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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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1894 - 458 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...the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been earned away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; aud who is ever...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Volume 5

Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 pages
...country, and the night-mare, 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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The Heart of Oak Books, Book 5

Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...country, and the night-mare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. a head. 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...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 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 region, and seems to be cornmaiidor-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without...
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Seven American Classics: Irving, Cooper, Bryant, Hawthorne, Longfellow ...

William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 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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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ...

1896 - 374 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...seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of N the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head. It is said by some to be the...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 pages
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be oommander-in-chief of all the .powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback I without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a/ tHessian trooper, whose head had been carried...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: From The Sketch Book of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1897 - 72 pages
...country, and the night-mare, 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 cannonball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war, and who is ever and anon seen by...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - 1897 - 644 pages
...country; and the night-mare, 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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