...the warm tenement of Van Tassel, his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains. When he entered the house, the conquest of his heart was complete. — From the moment Ichahod laid his eyes upon these regions of delight, the peace of his mind was...

...furnishing an interesting picture of an American farm, copied from nature by so accurate an observer. ' When he entered the house the conquest of his heart...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses with high-ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....

...furnishing an interesting picture of an American farm, copied from nature by so accurate an observer. ' When he entered the house the conquest of his heart...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses with high-ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....

...luxurious winter fare. In his devouring mind's eye, he pictured to himself every roasting pig running about with a pudding in its belly, and an apple in...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers...

...and an apple in its mouth ; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked iu with a coverlet of crust ; the geese were swimming...for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. A Rival Among these the most formidable was a burly, roaring, roystering blade, of the name of Abraham,...

...immense tracts of wild land, and shingle palaces in the wilderness. Nay, his busy fancy already realised his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina,...those spacious farm-houses, with high ridged, but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting...

...even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back , in a side dish , with uplifted rl.-iwi, as if craving that quarter which his chivalrous spirit...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged , but lowly-sloping roofs, built ill the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers...

...presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles...dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacingmare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where....

...lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buck-wheat, and Indian corn, and the orchards burdened with ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm tenement...complete. It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....

...lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buck- wheat, and Indian corn, and the orchards burdened with ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm tenement...complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly -sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers....