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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
by Washington Irving

This etext was created by Ilana M. (Kingsley) Newby, a reference
librarian at the Urbana Free Library, Urbana, Illinois, and Greg
Newby, a professor in the Graduate School of Library Science, at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The equipment:
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THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW


by Washington Irving





Found among the papers of the late Diedrech Knickerbocker.


A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,
Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;
And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,
Forever flushing round a summer sky.
Castle of Indolence.


In the bosom of one 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, there lies a small
market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh,
but which is more generally and properly known by the name of
Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by
the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate
propensity of their husbands to linger 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