 Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world.  English Grammar - Page 40by Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 209 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...tale is laid in the neighbourhood of a village situated on the banks of the Hudson, where, it seems, there is a little valley, or rather ' lap of land,' among high hills which has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HoLLoW. The air of this sequestered glen has a kind of magical... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...tale is laid in the neighbourhood of a village situated on the banks of the Hudson, where, it seems, there is a little valley, or rather ' lap of land,' among high hills which has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW. The air of this sequestered glen has a kind of magical... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 pages
...to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about three miles, there is a little valley, or rather lap of...the occasional whistle of a quail, or tapping of a wood pecker, is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity. I recollect... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles,...or rather lap of land, among high hills, which is ono of the quietest places in the whole world. A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 518 pages
...I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles,...there is a little valley, or rather lap of land, among 424 high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world. A small hrook glides through... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 506 pages
...I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles,...hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole workL A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 542 pages
...I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles,...there is a little valley, or rather lap of land, among THE SKETCH BOOK. high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world. A small brook... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 492 pages
...I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little Mftlley, or rather lap of land, among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 534 pages
...I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley, or rather lap of land, amonp high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world. A small brook glides through... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...Hudson, there lies a rural port named Tarry -town ; and about two miles inland from this place lies ' a little valley, or rather lap of land, among high...which is one of the quietest places in the whole world From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants... | |
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