...retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remainder of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley." At this retreat, looking out upon the river which he loved so well, he continued to live, in the midst...

...prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might stoat from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly...troubled life, I know of none more promising than this littlo valley." The antique cottage, with its irregular projections and sharp-angled roof, now so familiar...

...for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away tho remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley." The antique cottage, with its irregular projections and sharp-angled roof, now so familiar to the travelers...

...expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappaan Zee ;" and he adds, " If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might...know of none more promising than this little valley." He found it so : and we have felt justified in dwelling so long upon a spot which, to men of letters,...

...tranquillity. I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grovo of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley....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 descendants...

...woodpecker, is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity. I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrelshooting...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 descendants...

...tapping of a woodpecker, is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might...know of none more promising than this little valley." ' "When, more than a dozen years ago, the Tarrytown Cemetery was laid out, Mr. Irving chose the plot...

...woodpecker, is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity. I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrelshooting...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 descendants...

...squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-tiees that shades one side of the valley. 1 had wandered into it ut noon-time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and...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 descendants...

...the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and was prolonged and reverberated2 by the angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a retreat,...know of none more promising than this little valley. 1 St. NI6h' o las, the patron saint (or Klaus) of the Dutch, and the of boys. He is said to have been...