 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...  Rip Van Winkle, and Other Sketches - Page 26by Washington Irving - 1882 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 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 vigi) there every twenty years, with his crew of the Halfmoon ; beiug permitted in this way to revisit... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...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,...vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the SdLf Moon, being accustomed in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Arctic regions - 1877 - 680 pages
...legends of Hudson and his men. " It was affirmed," says Washington Irving, " that the great Hendrik Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country,...vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half -Moon; being per64 A MUTINOUS CREW. mitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...the Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings, and that, in particular, the great Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of festival there every twcuty years, with his crew of the Half-moon. 'Hudson. — River in the United... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1878 - 152 pages
...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,...his crew of the Half-moon, being permitted in this s40 way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 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,...eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name120. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow... | |
 | Washington Irving, Spraque Homer Baxter - 1880 - 146 pages
...kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon, being permitted in this ma way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep...river, and the great city called by his name ; that 538. Hendrick Hudson. See note on p. 29. His vessel was called The Half-moon. his father had once seen... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 508 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,...of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of iho Half Moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pages
...the Kaatskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings, and that, in particular, the great Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of festival there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon. WASHINGTON IRVING (abridgeit). LESSON... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 pages
...it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, Vept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his...river and the great city called by his name. That his falher had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain... | |
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