 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole nine fold,1 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 170 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country ; and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 318 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and- meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country ; and the nightmare, ivith her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols."^ P. 109. haunts this... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 420 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. Cbe XegenO of Sleeps fwllow The dominant... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftcner across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the night-mare, with her whole niue fold, seems to make it the favorite si-ene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftencr across the valley than in any other part of the country,...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... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country,...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... | |
 | 1896 - 374 pages
...with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country ; and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold,2 seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts... | |
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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... 
