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Knickerbocker.
Castle of Indolence.
it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far
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little valley.
lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the
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strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. The
glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the
the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to the
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have been before they entered that sleepy region, they are
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find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its
sheltered bosom.
for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier
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might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most
loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top,
with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe
his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see
from a cornfield.
the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window
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the golden maxim, ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
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consolatory to the smarting urchin, that ‘he would
to live.’
with his pupils. The revenue arising from his school was
a cotton handkerchief.
cows from pasture, and cut wood for the winter fire. He
laid aside, too, all the dominant dignity and absolute sway
sit with a child on one knee, and rock a cradle with his
carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his
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grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the
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made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes. Then,
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the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost, with the
drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes and the
long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives, as they sat
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comets and shooting stars; and with the alarming fact that
the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were
the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his
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scourings!
he had seen many spectres in his time, and been more than
the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been
universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast
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bursting forth with the treasures of the farm; the flail was
the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his
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daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and,
rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow lands, the
rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buckwheat, and Indian
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knows where!
with high- ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style
one end, and a churn at the other, showed the various uses
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peppers; and a door left ajar gave him a peep into the best
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and then the lady gave him her hand as a matter of course.
competitor.
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This rantipole hero had for some time singled out the
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while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her
eloquence.
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the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door
hero. Certain it is, this was not the case with the
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psalmody.
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emancipation.
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hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted
with burs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and
it. Still he must have had fire and mettle in his day, if we
the country.
the pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows stuck out like
wings. A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose, for
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clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden
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little monteiro cap of feathers; and the blue jay, that noisy
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Thus feeding his mind with many sweet thoughts and
his broad disk down in the west. The wide bosom of the
into a pure apple green, and from that into the deep blue
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and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the
every dainty.
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him comrade!
start.
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upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him
was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full
than animated and joyous? the lady of his heart was his
corner.
times, and drawing out long stories about the war. This
neighborhood, at the time of which I am speaking, was
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had run near it during the war; it had, therefore], been the
only that his gun burst at the sixth discharge. And there
show the sword, with the hilt a little bent. There were
several more that had been equally great in the field, not
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our villages, for they have scarcely had time to finish their
wailings heard and seen about the great tree where the
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bridge; the road that led to it, and the bridge itself, were
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over bush and brake, over hill and swamp, until they
punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the
of fire.
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heard for some time rattling along the hollow roads, and
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himself. Far below him the Tappan Zee spread its dusky
and indistinct waste of waters, with here and there the tall
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in his bed.
The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink
earth, and rising again into the air. It was connected with
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few rough logs, laid side by side, served for a bridge over
over it. To pass this bridge was the severest trial. It was at
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side, and kicked lustily with the contrary foot: it was all in
sent his rider sprawling over his head. Just at this moment
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was now too late; and besides, what chance was there of
road. Though the night was dark and dismal, yet the form
blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his
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the other did the same. His heart began to sink within
his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump
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stretched his long lank body away over his horse’s head, in
got half way through the hollow, the girths of the saddle
saddle; but this was no time for petty fears; the goblin was
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fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his
by like a whirlwind.
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The next morning the old horse was found without his
saddle, and with the bridle under his feet, soberly cropping
the grass at his master’s gate. Ichabod did not make his
they came upon his traces. In one part of the road leading
where the water ran deep and black, was found the hat of
pumpkin.
shirts and a half; two stocks for the neck; a pair or two of
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pay but a day or two before, he must have had about his
and at the spot where the hat and pumpkin had been
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the country; had kept school and studied law at the same
to tell.