Dolph Heyliger: A Story from Bracebridge Hall |
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... many truant hours he had devoted to sporting in the Hudson , had made him
an expert swimmer ; yet , with all his strength and skill , he found great Sudden
bend : This must have been the bend at West Point , difficulty in reaching the
shore .
... many truant hours he had devoted to sporting in the Hudson , had made him
an expert swimmer ; yet , with all his strength and skill , he found great Sudden
bend : This must have been the bend at West Point , difficulty in reaching the
shore .
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difficulty in reaching the shore . His disappearance from the deck had not been
noticed by the crew , who were all occupied by their own danger . The sloop was
driven along with inconceivable rapidity . She had hard work to weather a long ...
difficulty in reaching the shore . His disappearance from the deck had not been
noticed by the crew , who were all occupied by their own danger . The sloop was
driven along with inconceivable rapidity . She had hard work to weather a long ...
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He succeeded , however , in returning unmolested to the shore , and determined
to penetrate no farther into a country so beset with savage perils . He sat himself
down , dripping , disconsolately , on a wet stone . What was to be done ? where ...
He succeeded , however , in returning unmolested to the shore , and determined
to penetrate no farther into a country so beset with savage perils . He sat himself
down , dripping , disconsolately , on a wet stone . What was to be done ? where ...
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With a medley of such retainers he was at present on a cruise along the shores of
the Hudson , in a pinnace kept for his own recreation . There were two white men
with him , dressed partly in the Indian style , with moccasons and hunting - shirt ...
With a medley of such retainers he was at present on a cruise along the shores of
the Hudson , in a pinnace kept for his own recreation . There were two white men
with him , dressed partly in the Indian style , with moccasons and hunting - shirt ...
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... but sights and sounds are so deceptive along the mountainous shores , and
Heaving the lead : finding out the depth of the water by dropping a piece of lead ,
attached to a line , into the sea . The sailors often accompany this , as well as
their ...
... but sights and sounds are so deceptive along the mountainous shores , and
Heaving the lead : finding out the depth of the water by dropping a piece of lead ,
attached to a line , into the sea . The sailors often accompany this , as well as
their ...
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الصفحة 113 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky ; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
الصفحة 111 - The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were noted for putting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished with abundance of large doors and small windows on every floor, the date of its erection was curiously...
الصفحة 40 - ... about it ; while beyond, mountain succeeded to mountain, until they seemed to lock their arms together, and confine this mighty river in their embraces. There was a feeling of quiet luxury in gazing at the broad, green bosoms...
الصفحة 66 - Weehawk, and even down as far as Hoboken ; and her appearance was supposed to be ominous of the approaching squall in public affairs, and the downfall of Dutch domination. Since that time, we have no authentic accounts of her; though it is said she still haunts the highlands and cruises about Point-no-point. People who live along the river, insist that they sometimes see her in summer moonlight ; and that in a deep still midnight, they have heard the chant of her crew, as if heaving the lead...
الصفحة 108 - In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws.
الصفحة 68 - Nose ; and that, at such times, the hurry-scurry of the storm was always greatest. One time a sloop, in passing by the Dunderberg, was overtaken by a thunder-gust, that came scouring round the mountain, and seemed to burst just over the vessel. Though tight and well ballasted, yet she laboured dreadfully, until the water came over the gunwale.
الصفحة 60 - The shot seemed absolutely to pass through the ship, and to skip along the water on the other side, but no notice was taken of it ! What was strange, she had all her sails set, and sailed right against wind and tide, which were both down the river. Upon this Hans Van Pelt, who was likewise...
الصفحة 59 - The evening sun gilded her bellying canvas, as she came riding over the long waving billows. The sentinel who had given notice of her approach, declared, that he first got sight of her when she was in the centre of the bay ; and that she broke suddenly on his sight, just as if she had come out of the bosom of the black thunder-cloud.
الصفحة 110 - Yon shadowy bark hath been to that wreck, And the dim blue fire, that lights her deck, Doth play on as pale and livid a crew As ever yet drank the churchyard dew. To...
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| العنوان | Dolph Heyliger: A Story from Bracebridge Hall Heath's home and school classics Heath's home and school classics. The young reader's series Home library Tales for the nursery & the young |
| المؤلف | Washington Irving |
| المُحرر | George Henry Browne |
| الناشر | D.C. Heath & Company, 1901 |
| أصلي من | مكتبة نيويورك العامة |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 8 كانون الأول (ديسمبر) 2006 |
| عدد الصفحات | 113 من الصفحات |
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