The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the SeaVirtue & Yorston, 1866 - 464 sider |
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... called him , sailed from Amsterdam in a yacht of ninety tons , named the Half - Moon , manned with a choice crew , and turned his prow , once more , toward Nova Zembla . Again ice , and fogs , and fierce tempests , disputed his passage ...
... called him , sailed from Amsterdam in a yacht of ninety tons , named the Half - Moon , manned with a choice crew , and turned his prow , once more , toward Nova Zembla . Again ice , and fogs , and fierce tempests , disputed his passage ...
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... called it Hudson's River , and to the present time that title has been maintained ; but not without continual rivalry with that of North River , given it by the early Dutch settlers after the discovery of the Delaware , which was named ...
... called it Hudson's River , and to the present time that title has been maintained ; but not without continual rivalry with that of North River , given it by the early Dutch settlers after the discovery of the Delaware , which was named ...
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... called Bloomingdale . Toward evening we reached the sluggish outlet of the Saranac Lakes , and at a little before sunset our postilion reined up at Baker's Inn , two miles from the Lower Lake , and fifty - one from Port Kent . To the ...
... called Bloomingdale . Toward evening we reached the sluggish outlet of the Saranac Lakes , and at a little before sunset our postilion reined up at Baker's Inn , two miles from the Lower Lake , and fifty - one from Port Kent . To the ...
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... called Elephant Island , because of the singular resemblance of some of the lime- stone formation that composes its bold shore to portions of. FIRST SAW - MILL ON THE HUDSON . sluice , similar in construction and intended use to that. 18 ...
... called Elephant Island , because of the singular resemblance of some of the lime- stone formation that composes its bold shore to portions of. FIRST SAW - MILL ON THE HUDSON . sluice , similar in construction and intended use to that. 18 ...
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... called Pickerel Weed ( Pontederia cordata of Linna us ) , but the guides call it moose - head . The stem is stout and cylindrical , and bears a spear - shaped leaf , somewhat cordate at the base . The flowers , which appear in July and ...
... called Pickerel Weed ( Pontederia cordata of Linna us ) , but the guides call it moose - head . The stem is stout and cylindrical , and bears a spear - shaped leaf , somewhat cordate at the base . The flowers , which appear in July and ...
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Side 155 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. He assured the company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Kaatskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years with his crew of the Half-moon...
Side 322 - Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling his head at him.
Side 154 - Their visages, too, were peculiar. One had a large head, broad face, and small, piggish eyes. The face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail.
Side 102 - The assistance I was enabled to give was small indeed ; I had not even a cup of wine to offer her ; -but I was told she had found, from some kind and fortunate hand, a little rum and dirty water. All I could furnish to her was an open boat, and a few lines written upon dirty and wet paper, to General Gates, recommending her to his protection.
Side 123 - For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people - ah, the people They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone They are neither man nor woman They are neither brute nor human They are Ghouls: And their king it is who tolls: And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls A paean from the bells!
Side 155 - Half-moon; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name.
Side 154 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guide's.
Side 381 - Surveyed, and sometimes went, and sometimes ran With supple joints, as lively vigour led : But who I was, or where, or from what cause, Knew not ; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake ; My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun...
Side 154 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance...
Side 325 - If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.