The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the SeaVirtue & Yorston, 1866 - 464 páginas |
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... Park ... 408 409 The Porpoise 317 Worth's Monument 412 General Ward's Mansion 318 Union Park 415 Ancient Dutch Church ... 320 Stuyvesant Pear Tree 416 Sleepy Hollow Bridge 321 Stuyvesant's House 417 Irving's Grave 324 St. Mark's Church ...
... Park ... 408 409 The Porpoise 317 Worth's Monument 412 General Ward's Mansion 318 Union Park 415 Ancient Dutch Church ... 320 Stuyvesant Pear Tree 416 Sleepy Hollow Bridge 321 Stuyvesant's House 417 Irving's Grave 324 St. Mark's Church ...
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... parks ; and they are really so , for there herds of deer do pasture . We saw their fresh tracks all along the shores , but they are now so continually hunted , that they keep away from the waters whenever a strange sound falls upon ...
... parks ; and they are really so , for there herds of deer do pasture . We saw their fresh tracks all along the shores , but they are now so continually hunted , that they keep away from the waters whenever a strange sound falls upon ...
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... park of many acres , beautified by the hand of taste . It is adorned with flowers and shrubbery , and its pleasant walks are shaded by grand old trees , some of which were , doubtless , planted or were forest saplings , two -0-0-0-0-0 ...
... park of many acres , beautified by the hand of taste . It is adorned with flowers and shrubbery , and its pleasant walks are shaded by grand old trees , some of which were , doubtless , planted or were forest saplings , two -0-0-0-0-0 ...
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... park , or enclosed public square , on the eastern side of which are costly white marble buildings devoted to the official business of the State and city . The Capitol is an unpretending structure , of brown free - stone from the Nyack ...
... park , or enclosed public square , on the eastern side of which are costly white marble buildings devoted to the official business of the State and city . The Capitol is an unpretending structure , of brown free - stone from the Nyack ...
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... Park , a few miles above , and Low Point , a few miles below , the city of Poughkeepsie . These fish are sold in such quantities in Albany , that they have been called , in derision , " Albany beef , " and * The largest fish in the ...
... Park , a few miles above , and Low Point , a few miles below , the city of Poughkeepsie . These fish are sold in such quantities in Albany , that they have been called , in derision , " Albany beef , " and * The largest fish in the ...
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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.