 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
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discpverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there...twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon> being perpitted ii; this way to revisit die scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 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,...once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine pins in a hollow of the mountain; and that he himself had heard, one summer afternoon, the sound... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 392 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,...with his crew of the Half-moon; being permitted in tins way to revisit the scenes of his enterprize, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...1 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,...permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprize, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name. That his... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hcndrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country,...Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the seems of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name.... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 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 vigil there every twenty years, with the crew of the Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1834 - 316 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,...scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upfli the river, and the great city called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kepi a kind of vigil there every twenty years , with his...being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes os his enteprize, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name. That... | |
 | 1839 - 256 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 vigil tfyere every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1850 - 534 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,...guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by bis name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow... | |
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