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" ... and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement. A gentle slope descends from it to a silver sheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which peeps... "
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and The Spectre Bridegroom: From the "Sketch Book" - Page 38
by Washington Irving - 1875 - 78 pages
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1821 - 328 pages
...descends from it to a silver sheet of water, bordered ' by high trees, between which, peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its...along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks-of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...descends from it to a silver sheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which, peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its...least the dead might rest in peace. On one side of the VOL. II. Y church extends a wide woody dell, along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...descends from it to a silver sheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which, peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its...in peace. On one side of the church extends a wide \voody dell, along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...descends from it to a silver sheet of water , bordered by high trees , between which peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its...On one side of the church extends a wide woody dell , nlong which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...which, peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its grass grown yard, there the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think...side of the church extends a wide woody dell, along whicb raves a largo brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of...
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Historical Collections of the State of New York: Containing a General ...

John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 652 pages
...descends from it to a silver sheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which, peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its...the church extends a wide woody dell, along which lavea • large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the...
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A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement ..., Volume 1

Robert Bolton - 1848 - 672 pages
...the dead might rest in peace. On one side of the church extends a wide woody dell, along which laves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the « Surrogate's office NY No. XI. 85. stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden...
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The Ohio and Mississippi Pilot, Consisting of a Set of Charts of Those ...

J. C. Gilleland - 1851 - 478 pages
...trees, between which, peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its'grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly,...the church extends a wide woody dell, along which laves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the stream,...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pages
...Horseman. Castle Philipse. Tarrytown Cemetery. bordered by high trees, between which peeps may be caught of the blue hills of the Hudson. To look upon its grass-grown...rest in peace. On one side of the church extends a woody dell, along which laves a large brook among broken rocks arid trunks of fallen trees. Over a...
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A grammar of the English language

Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 pages
...fatigue and welcome privation, and have seen some of the noblest views in the world." — BYRON. " To look upon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams...that there at least the dead might rest in peace." — VV. IRVING. " I have often heard old persons describe the impossibility of making any one believe...
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