...way, in the beginning of his story of Rip Van Winkle, that Irving describes these mountains : " They are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, arid lording it over the surrounding country. . . . When the weather is fair and settled, they are...

...Home. at Tarryiown, NY RIP VAN WINKLE A POSTHUMOUS WRITING OF DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER WASHINGTON IRVING Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson, must remember...height, and lording it over the surrounding country. At the foot of these mountains, the voyager may have descried the light smoke curling up from a village,...

...for immortality, almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo Medal, or a Queen Anne's Farthing. WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember...swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the 5 surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day,...

...for immortality, almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo Medal, or a Queen Anne's Farthing. WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember...swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the 5 surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day,...

...older master. We shall find in Irving a combination of the two uses. "Rip Van Winkle" begins thus: "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember...Mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachaln family, and are seen a<vay to the west ? of the river r swelling up to a noble height,...

...smell — is the best. 8. We know what master laid thy keel What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel. every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of the mountains. 10. Mrs. Dove had just poured out the Doctor's seventh cup of tea. Exercise 44: Uses...

...drift hither and thither, and go off. with the refluent tide, no man knows whither.— --Irving. 15. Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. 16. It is not what comes to us, but what we come to, that determines whether we win in the race of...

...was no other our old friend; he no sooner saw us he hastened to greet us. SELECTIONS FOR STUDY. 1. Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember...family, and are seen away to the west of the river. Dwelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season,...

...a thing that ever I will keep Unto thylke day in which I creep into ; My sepulchre. — CARTWRIGHT. Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson, must remember...Kaatskill Mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the * Posthumous. Published after death. t Vide the excellent discourse of GC Verplank, Esq., before the...

...The same thing is illustrated in Irving's Rip Van Winkle, of which the opening paragraph reads : — Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember...the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to tne west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country....