 ... trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, moving on its silent but majestic course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark...  Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Hudson - Page 52by Washington Irving - 1900 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the...the bottom filled with fragments from the impending clifffe, and scarely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at kst losing itself in the blue high» lands. On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and snugged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the...For some time Rip lay musing on this scene: evening was gradually advancing; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there sleeping on itsglassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands....shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the im* pending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lag' ging bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at ' last losing itself in the...some time Rip lay musing on this scene; ' evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began toi ' throw their long blue shadows over the valleys... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 402 pages
...course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the...For some time Rip lay musing on this scene: evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...the reflection VOL. I. 4 of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the...For some time Rip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...course, with the reflection of a purple cloud or the sail of a lagging bark, here aud there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the...the bottom filled with fragments from the impending dill's, aud scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting MIII. For some time Rip lay musing... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there ileeping on its bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands....of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on the scene ; evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...course, the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark, here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the...down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and snagged, the bottom rilled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected... | |
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