 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...  The Works of Washington Irving - Page 55by Washington Irving - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 364 pages
...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...vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half Moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 376 pages
...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...vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half Moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 250 pages
...the historian, that the Catskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. -8 27 £3scenes of his enterprise and keep a guardian eye upon the...great city called by his name. That his father had seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in the hollow of the mountain ; and that he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 536 pages
...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...that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer ol the. \\\et and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 216 pages
...company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Catskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings ; that it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson,1 the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years,... | |
 | Robert Sprenger - 1901 - 48 pages
...eompany that it was a faet, handed down from his aneestor the historian, s) that the Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Heudriek Hudson, the first diseoverer of the river and eountry, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty... | |
 | Etta Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1902 - 386 pages
...the historian, that the Kaatskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. It was also affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first...upon the river and the great city called by his name. His father, he said, had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1902 - 228 pages
...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...every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon; be28 ing permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1902 - 204 pages
...company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Catskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings ; that it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson,1 the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years,... | |
 | John Hamer - 1903 - 362 pages
...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...upon the river and the great city called by his name. 'Perhaps the greatest author America has yet produced. His Essays have created a new school of thought... | |
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