 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 trooper, whose...  Comedy - Стр. 295редактор(ы): - 1905Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - Страниц: 422
...The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commmander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of...Revolutionary War, and who is ever and anon seen by the countryfolk hurrying along in the gloom of night as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - Страниц: 160
...make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian3 trooper, whose 1 A distinguished English navigator, who made four voyages, attempting to find... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - Страниц: 170
...See King Lear, act iii. sc. 4. * These Hessians came from a province of western Germany called Hesse head had been carried away by a cannon-ball in some...and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - Страниц: 242
...King Lear, act iii. sc. 4. 3 These Hessians came from a province of western Germany called Hessehead had been carried away by a cannon-ball in some nameless...and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - Страниц: 318
...whole nine fold, seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols."^ P. 109. haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...war ; and who is ever and anon seen by the country ;' His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the adjacent roads."— V. in.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - Страниц: 420
...of her gambols. Cbe XegenO of Sleeps fwllow The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - Страниц: 462
...make it the favorite si-ene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom o'f night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - Страниц: 234
...make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war ; and who is ever and anon seen by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - Страниц: 458
...make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been earned away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; aud who is ever... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - Страниц: 396
...make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all...and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to... | |
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