The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the SeaVirtue & Yorston, 1866 - 464 páginas |
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... ranges is one of the revelations made to the present century , and even to the present generation . And now very few , excepting the hunters of that region , have personal knowledge of the beauty and wild grandeur of lake , and forest ...
... ranges is one of the revelations made to the present century , and even to the present generation . And now very few , excepting the hunters of that region , have personal knowledge of the beauty and wild grandeur of lake , and forest ...
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... ranges , was shy and invisible to the summer tourist . The chief source of the Raquette is in Raquette Lake , toward the western part of Hamilton County . Around it the Indians , in the ancient days , gathered on snow - shoes , in ...
... ranges , was shy and invisible to the summer tourist . The chief source of the Raquette is in Raquette Lake , toward the western part of Hamilton County . Around it the Indians , in the ancient days , gathered on snow - shoes , in ...
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... ranges on both sides stretched away into the blue distance , and the slopes of one , and the peak of another , were smoking like volcanoes , the timber being on fire . Near us the groves upon the headlands , solitary trees , rich ...
... ranges on both sides stretched away into the blue distance , and the slopes of one , and the peak of another , were smoking like volcanoes , the timber being on fire . Near us the groves upon the headlands , solitary trees , rich ...
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... ranges of Mount Seward , on the east . At the foot of Fountain Lake is another " carry " of a mile . A few rods down its outlet , where we crossed , we found the remains of a dam and CATLIN LAKE . sluice , erected by Professor Benedict ...
... ranges of Mount Seward , on the east . At the foot of Fountain Lake is another " carry " of a mile . A few rods down its outlet , where we crossed , we found the remains of a dam and CATLIN LAKE . sluice , erected by Professor Benedict ...
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... range . We passed the rapids upon boulders , and then voyaged down to the confluence of the two streams just mentioned . From a rough rocky bluff a mile below that point , we obtained a distant view of three of the higher peaks of the ...
... range . We passed the rapids upon boulders , and then voyaged down to the confluence of the two streams just mentioned . From a rough rocky bluff a mile below that point , we obtained a distant view of three of the higher peaks of 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.