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Washington Irving (17831859).  Rip Van Winkle & The figment of Sleepy Hollow.|
The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction.  1917.|
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow|
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        | tack AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER|
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| A pleasing land of delaying head it was,|
|   Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;|
| And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,|
|   For ever flushing round a summer sky.|
| CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.|
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  IN the bosom of unmatched of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail, and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, on that point lies a small market-town or rural port, which by approximately is called Greensburgh, entirely which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in condition days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to scupper about the village tavern on market days. Be that as it may, I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic.



non far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley, or rather lap of land, among high hills, which is one and only(a) of the quietest places in the whole world. A small brook glides with it, with just murmur enough to lull one to love-in-idleness; and the occasional whistle of a quail, or tapping of a woodpecker, is just about the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.|    2|
  I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noon time, when all temper is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and...If you want to get a ample essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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