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" All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon now came crowding upon his recollection. The night grew darker and darker, the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He... "
International Short Stories: American - Page 43
edited by - 1910
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1822 - 416 pages
...the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly...bed. All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he liad heard in the afternoon, now came crowding upon his recollection. The night grew darker and darker...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1822 - 490 pages
...the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed. All the stones of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon, now came crowding upon his recollection....
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly...occasionally hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lon.ebj asuk dismal. He was, moreover, approaching the very place where many of the scenes of the ghost...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...melancholy chirp of a cricket, or • perhaps the guttural twang of a bullfrog, from a neighbouring marsh , as- if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning...hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lonely <md dismal. He was, moreover, approaching the very place where many of the scenes of the ghost stories...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly...recollection. The night grew darker and darker; the stun; seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He...
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The sketch book

Washington Irving - 1849 - 484 pages
...occasionally the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighboring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and...and darker ; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the skv, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lonely and dismal....
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentn

Washington Irving - 1852 - 580 pages
...occasionally the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighboring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and...and darker ; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the eky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lonely and dismal....
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The Irving Gift: Being Choice Gems

Washington Irving - 1853 - 304 pages
...guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighbouring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turnins suddenly in his bed. All the stories of ghosts and...seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds ocrosionallv hid them from his sight. He had never felt BO lonely and dismal. He was, moreover, approaching...
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Hand-book of American literature, historical, biographical, and critical [by ...

Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chop-fallen.' As he pursued his way homeward, ' all the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon came crowding upon his recollection. When he approached the haunted bridge, he was fully prepared to...
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Literary Criticisms and Other Papers

Horace Binney Wallace - 1856 - 468 pages
...occasionally the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or perhaps the guttural twang of a bull-frog, from a neighboring marsh, as if sleeping uncomfortably, and turning suddenly in his bed." Not thus would these objects have appeared to one who was in such a sensitive and excited condition...
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