 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 534 Seiten
...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...story of the unfortunate Andre, who had been taken prisonei hard by ; and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people regarded... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 946 Seiten
...in his Sketch Book, "above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough...almost to the earth, and rising again into the air." The trunk was twenty-six feet in circumference', and forty-one feet in length. It was struck by lightning... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 Seiten
...in his Sketch Book, "above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. ak — unable to cope with so formidable an enemy....week, or next year? Will it bo when we are totally dis The trunk was twenty-six feet in circumference, and forty-one feet in length. It was struck by lightning... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 Seiten
...in his Sketch Book, "above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough...twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the'air." The trunk was twenty-six feet in circumference, and forty-one feet in length. It was struck... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 474 Seiten
...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 clown almost to the earth, and rising again into the air« It was connected with the tragical story... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 Seiten
...towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborOO hood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled, and fantastic, large enough...tragical story of the unfortunate Andre, who had been token prisoner hard by ; and was universally known by the name of Major Andre's tree. The common people... | |
 | Winthrop Sargent - 1871 - 508 Seiten
...tuliptree, twenty-six feet in girth, that stood like a landmark a little southward of the stream. " Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 Seiten
...towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. It was connected with the tragical story of the unfortunate...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. 5. As Ichabod... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1875 - 98 Seiten
...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...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, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 186 Seiten
...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...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... | |
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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... 
