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" From the listless repose of the place and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of Sleepy Hollow, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy... "
English Grammar - Page 30
by Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 209 pages
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Selections from the Riverside Literature Series: For fifth-[eighth] grade ...

1910 - 272 pages
...tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar...Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. The whole...
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Elson Grammar School Readers, Book 3

William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 424 pages
...quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. 15 From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar...Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. 20 A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some...
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American and English Classics for Grammar Grades: With Biographical Sketches ...

1910 - 444 pages
...none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the pe culiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants...SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepj Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang...
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Standard Classics with Biographical Sketches and Helpful Notes: Arranged and ...

1910 - 408 pages
...quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendant from the original Dutch 35 settlers, this sequested glen has long been known by the name...
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Irvings̓ Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1911 - 470 pages
...quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place and the peculiar...original Dutch settlers, this" sequestered glen has long 15 been known by the name of " Sleepy Hollow," and its rustic lads are called the " Sleepy Hollow Boys...
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Foundation English: The Expression of Ideas

Alice B. Macdonald - 1911 - 630 pages
...place. For example, we may say an elegant lady, but we may not say an elegant book. Why? Irving may say, "This sequestered glen has long been known by the name of Sleepy Hollow," but we may not say, "The librarian hunted long for a sequestered book". Why? 2. Sometimes an incorrect...
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A Study of the Paragraph

Helen Thomas (High school instructor) - 1912 - 140 pages
...to have thrown an insurmountable barrier. — WASHINGTON IRVING : The Voyage in The Sketch Book. 4. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar...Hollow Boys" throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say...
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Choice Literature, Book 6

1912 - 414 pages
...quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar...Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say...
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Stories of the Hudson

Washington Irving - 1912 - 356 pages
...quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar...Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say...
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The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and ..., Volume 1

Lionel Strachey, Joel Chandler Harris, Andrew Lang, Brander Matthews, William Hayes Ward, Horatio Sheafe Krans - 1906 - 316 pages
...promising than this little valley. From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character o£ its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say...
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