Dolph Heyliger: A Story from Bracebridge HallD.C. Heath & Company, 1901 - 113 من الصفحات |
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... spirits conjured up by the Indian wizards , in the early times of the province , to revenge themselves on the strangers who had dispossessed them of their country . They even attributed to their incantations the misadven- ture which ...
... spirits conjured up by the Indian wizards , in the early times of the province , to revenge themselves on the strangers who had dispossessed them of their country . They even attributed to their incantations the misadven- ture which ...
الصفحة 69
... spirits , since adopted by all the Dutch captains that navigate this haunted river . There is another story told of this foul - weather urchin , by Skipper Daniel Ouslesticker , of Fishkill , who was never known to tell a lie . He ...
... spirits , since adopted by all the Dutch captains that navigate this haunted river . There is another story told of this foul - weather urchin , by Skipper Daniel Ouslesticker , of Fishkill , who was never known to tell a lie . He ...
الصفحة 90
... spirits having been sorely broken down by a number of comforters , who daily cheered her with stories of ghosts , and of people carried away by the devil . He found her confined to her bed , with the other member of the Heyliger family ...
... spirits having been sorely broken down by a number of comforters , who daily cheered her with stories of ghosts , and of people carried away by the devil . He found her confined to her bed , with the other member of the Heyliger family ...
الصفحة 98
... spirit Manetho , who was supposed to make this island his favor- ite abode on account of its uncommon delights . For the Indian tradi- tions affirm that the bay was once a translucid lake , filled with silver and golden fish , in the ...
... spirit Manetho , who was supposed to make this island his favor- ite abode on account of its uncommon delights . For the Indian tradi- tions affirm that the bay was once a translucid lake , filled with silver and golden fish , in the ...
الصفحة 101
... spirits . This old belief is shown by the names still clinging to several odd- shaped rocks , such as the Devil's Pulpit , the Witches ' Altar , the Witches ' Lake , and the like . According to the legend , once a year all the evil spirits ...
... spirits . This old belief is shown by the names still clinging to several odd- shaped rocks , such as the Devil's Pulpit , the Witches ' Altar , the Witches ' Lake , and the like . According to the legend , once a year all the evil spirits ...
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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...