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" I recollect tha't, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrelshooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of... "
International Short Stories: American - Page 20
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 pages
...valley. I had wandered into it at noon-time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the sabbath stillness...know of none more promising than this little valley. Frem the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...sabbath stillness aronnd , and was prolonged and reverberated by t'ie angry echoes. If ever I shonld wish for a retreat , whither I might steal from the...distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a tronbled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the...
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The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq

Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 pages
...valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the sabbath stillness...retreat, whither I might steal from the world and ita distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more pro~...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon

Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 pages
...valley. I had wandered into it at noon-time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the sabbath stillness...dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, 1 know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the...
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The Works of Washington Irving, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 pages
...valley. I had wandered into it at noon time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness...the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar cha racter of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered...
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The Irving Gift: Being Choice Gems

Washington Irving - 1853 - 304 pages
...valley. I had wandered into it at noon time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the sabbath stillness around, and was prolonged and reverber ,ted by the angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a Threat, whither! might steal from the...
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Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and ..., Volume 2

Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...embraced the ample cheer. Of this neighborhood, Irving also wrote in that tale of his youth : — " If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might...world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remainder of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley." At tliis retreat...
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Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and ..., Volume 2

Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remainder of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley." At this retreat since his last return from Europe be has lived, in the midst of a family circle composed...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 55

1857 - 850 pages
...into it at noon-time, when all Nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own guc, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and was...troubled life, I know of none more promising than •tiûa little valley." And to drive through " this little valley " with the man who had so written...
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The Convalescent

Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1859 - 480 pages
...wandered into it at noon-time, when nil Nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my owu gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and was prolonged and reverberated by tho angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its...
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