The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the SeaVirtue & Yorston, 1866 - 464 páginas |
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... Indian Pass ... 45 Room 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 ...
... Indian Pass ... 45 Room 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 ...
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... Indian Falls ... 241 Clermont ... ... 168 View South from Dutill's View at De Koven's Bay 242 ... ... 170 Indian Brook The Clermont ... Livingston's Mansion at Tivoli Mouth of Esopus Creek , Saugerties 243 www ... 170 View from ...
... Indian Falls ... 241 Clermont ... ... 168 View South from Dutill's View at De Koven's Bay 242 ... ... 170 Indian Brook The Clermont ... Livingston's Mansion at Tivoli Mouth of Esopus Creek , Saugerties 243 www ... 170 View from ...
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... Indians became friends , close - bound by the cohesion of trade . The river was named Mauritius , in honour of the Stadtholder of the Netherlands , and the seed of a great empire was planted there . The English , in honour of their ...
... Indians became friends , close - bound by the cohesion of trade . The river was named Mauritius , in honour of the Stadtholder of the Netherlands , and the seed of a great empire was planted there . The English , in honour of their ...
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... Indians had given it the significant title of Can - i - a - de - ri Gua- run - te , the Door of the Country . The appropriateness of this name will be illustrated hereafter . It was evening when we arrived at Port Kent . We remained ...
... Indians had given it the significant title of Can - i - a - de - ri Gua- run - te , the Door of the Country . The appropriateness of this name will be illustrated hereafter . It was evening when we arrived at Port Kent . We remained ...
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... Indian from the state of Maine . Each had a light boat - so light that he might carry it upon his shoulders at portages , or the intervals between the navigable portions of streams or lakes . In one of these was borne our luggage ...
... Indian from the state of Maine . Each had a light boat - so light that he might carry it upon his shoulders at portages , or the intervals between the navigable portions of streams or lakes . In one of these was borne our luggage ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 154 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance...
Página 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.