 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
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1901 - 376 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,...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 216 pages
...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...vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon,2 being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian... | |
 | Robert Sprenger - 1901 - 48 pages
...every twenty years, with his erew of the Halfmoou, being permitted in this way to revisit the seenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great eity ealled by his name. That his father had onee seen them in their old Duteh dresses playing at nine-pins... | |
 | Etta Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - Readers - 1902 - 386 pages
...Kaatskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. It was also affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country,...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 - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1902 - 228 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,...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 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1902 - 204 pages
...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...vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon,2 being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian... | |
 | John Hamer - American wit and humor - 1903 - 362 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,...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... | |
 | D.C. Heath and Company - Readers - 1903 - 362 pages
...Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. He said it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country,...upon the river and the great city called by his name. His father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain... | |
 | Readers - 1903 - 362 pages
...Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. He said it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country,...upon the river and the great city called by his name. His father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 544 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 name.2 That his father had once 1 "Description of New Netherland," by Adrian van der Donck, published... | |
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