The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the SeaVirtue & Yorston, 1866 - 464 sider |
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... occupied by Major Ackland 103 Henderson's Lake ... 46 Relics from the Battle Field 104 Out of the Wilderness 49 Derrick Swart's House at Stillwater ... 105 Moose Horns ... 50 Viaduct of the Vermont Central Railway . 107 Outlet of ...
... occupied by Major Ackland 103 Henderson's Lake ... 46 Relics from the Battle Field 104 Out of the Wilderness 49 Derrick Swart's House at Stillwater ... 105 Moose Horns ... 50 Viaduct of the Vermont Central Railway . 107 Outlet of ...
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... It was erected the previous year by persons from New York , and had been occupied by others a fort- night before our visit . Within the hut we found. HOSPICE ON THE PEAK OF TAHAWUS . OUTLET OF HENDERSON LAKE . 36 THE HUDSON .
... It was erected the previous year by persons from New York , and had been occupied by others a fort- night before our visit . Within the hut we found. HOSPICE ON THE PEAK OF TAHAWUS . OUTLET OF HENDERSON LAKE . 36 THE HUDSON .
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... occupied over night of August 14 , 1859 , by A. G. C. and T. R. D. Sun rose fourteen minutes to five . " Under this : - " TAHAWUS HOUSE REGISTER , August 14 , 1859 , Alfred G. Compton , and Theodore R. Davis , New York . August 16 ...
... occupied over night of August 14 , 1859 , by A. G. C. and T. R. D. Sun rose fourteen minutes to five . " Under this : - " TAHAWUS HOUSE REGISTER , August 14 , 1859 , Alfred G. Compton , and Theodore R. Davis , New York . August 16 ...
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... occupy their cold waters . All is silent and solitary there . The bald eagle sweeps over them occasionally , or perches upon a lofty pine , but the mournful voice of the Great Loon , or Diver ( Colymbus glacialis ) , heard over all the ...
... occupy their cold waters . All is silent and solitary there . The bald eagle sweeps over them occasionally , or perches upon a lofty pine , but the mournful voice of the Great Loon , or Diver ( Colymbus glacialis ) , heard over all the ...
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... occupied a greater portion of the day . We passed two quiet villages , named respectively Pottersville and Chester . The latter , the larger of the two , is at the outlet of Loon and Friendship Lakes- good fishing places , a few miles ...
... occupied a greater portion of the day . We passed two quiet villages , named respectively Pottersville and Chester . The latter , the larger of the two , is at the outlet of Loon and Friendship Lakes- good fishing places , a few miles ...
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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.