 In the centre of the road stood an enormous tulip-tree, which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq - Page 300by Washington Irving - 1834 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...by, and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...by; and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...by, and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out... | |
 | William Landon Felter - Readers - 1900 - 244 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...by ; and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1900 - 252 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...prisoner hard by, and was universally known by the nama of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 218 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...by ; and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 546 pages
...landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting 15 down almost to the earth and rising again into the...tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture 20 of respect and superstition, partly out of sympathy for the fate of its ill-starred namesake, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 542 pages
...landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting 15 down almost to the earth and rising again into the...tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture 20 of respect and superstition, partly out of sympathy for the fate of its ill-starred namesake, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 538 pages
...landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting 15 down almost to the earth and rising again into the...by, and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture 20 of respect and superstition, partly out... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 216 pages
...above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary...connected with the tragical story of the unfortunate Andr£ who had been taken prisoner hard by, and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's... | |
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