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... Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 63by Washington Irving - 1860 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1819 - 610 pages
...haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discpverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there...twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon> being perpitted ii; this way to revisit die scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...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,...name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself had heard, one... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...1 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,...permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprize, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name. That his... | |
| 1819 - 606 pages
...Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hcndrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country,...Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the seems of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name.... | |
| 1826 - 654 pages
...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 the crew of the Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...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,...name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself had heard, one... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kepi a kind of vigil there every twenty years , with his...being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes os his enteprize, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name. That... | |
| Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...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,...name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself had heard, one... | |
| 1839 - 256 pages
...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 tfyere every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 pages
...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,...name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain; and that he himself had heard, one... | |
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