The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Том 2J. Murray, 1820 - 419 страници |
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... spirit ; we almost fancy we hear the gibbering yell of triumph , bursting from the distended jaws of the spectre . - But why should we thus seek to clothe death with unnecessary terrors , and to spread horrors round the tomb of those we ...
... spirit ; we almost fancy we hear the gibbering yell of triumph , bursting from the distended jaws of the spectre . - But why should we thus seek to clothe death with unnecessary terrors , and to spread horrors round the tomb of those we ...
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... , however , that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations . There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our convi- viality , and lifts the spirit to a state of 30 CHRISTMAS .
... , however , that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations . There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our convi- viality , and lifts the spirit to a state of 30 CHRISTMAS .
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Washington Irving. viality , and lifts the spirit to a state of hallowed and elevated enjoyment . The services of the church about this season are extremely tender and inspiring . They dwell on the beautiful story of the origin of our ...
Washington Irving. viality , and lifts the spirit to a state of hallowed and elevated enjoyment . The services of the church about this season are extremely tender and inspiring . They dwell on the beautiful story of the origin of our ...
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... spirit and lustihood , when men enjoyed life roughly , but heartily and vigorously ; times wild and picturesque , which have furnished poetry with its richest materials , and the drama with its most attractive variety of cha- racters ...
... spirit and lustihood , when men enjoyed life roughly , but heartily and vigorously ; times wild and picturesque , which have furnished poetry with its richest materials , and the drama with its most attractive variety of cha- racters ...
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... spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome - then no planets strike , No fairy takes , no witch hath power to charm , So hallowed and so gracious is the time . Amidst the general call to happiness , the bustle of the spirits ...
... spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome - then no planets strike , No fairy takes , no witch hath power to charm , So hallowed and so gracious is the time . Amidst the general call to happiness , the bustle of the spirits ...
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Страница 60 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Страница 108 - Just in the nick the Cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up like our train'd band, Presented, and away.
Страница 348 - It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.
Страница 378 - Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.
Страница 75 - Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Страница 356 - ... and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating. He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest, and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one knee and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together.
Страница 213 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Страница 367 - It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river.
Страница 19 - I could only hear, now and then, the distant voice of the priest repeating the evening service, and the faint responses of the choir ; these paused for a time, and all was hushed. The stillness, the desertion and obscurity that were gradually prevailing around, gave a deeper and more solemn interest to the place : For in the silent grave no conversation.
Страница 374 - Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza...