The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Том 2John Murray, 1822 |
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... you these hints about my worthy old father , to pre- pare you for any little eccentricities that might otherwise appear absurd . " We had passed for some time along the wall of a park , and at length the chaise stopped CHRISTMAS EVE . 31.
... you these hints about my worthy old father , to pre- pare you for any little eccentricities that might otherwise appear absurd . " We had passed for some time along the wall of a park , and at length the chaise stopped CHRISTMAS EVE . 31.
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... footed , it is consi- dered an ill omen . The brand remaining from the Yule clog is care- fully put away to light the next year's Christmas fire . minutes by the comfortable hearth of the worthy old cavalier CHRISTMAS EVE . 41.
... footed , it is consi- dered an ill omen . The brand remaining from the Yule clog is care- fully put away to light the next year's Christmas fire . minutes by the comfortable hearth of the worthy old cavalier CHRISTMAS EVE . 41.
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Washington Irving. minutes by the comfortable hearth of the worthy old cavalier , before I found myself as much at home as if I had been one of the family . Supper was announced shortly after our arrival . It was served up in a spacious ...
Washington Irving. minutes by the comfortable hearth of the worthy old cavalier , before I found myself as much at home as if I had been one of the family . Supper was announced shortly after our arrival . It was served up in a spacious ...
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Washington Irving. heart , and sudden sally of grateful feeling , with which the worthy Squire delivered one stanza ; his eye glistening , and his voice rambling out of all the bounds of time and tune : " " Tis thou that crown'st my ...
Washington Irving. heart , and sudden sally of grateful feeling , with which the worthy Squire delivered one stanza ; his eye glistening , and his voice rambling out of all the bounds of time and tune : " " Tis thou that crown'st my ...
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... worthy parson lived but with times past , and knew but a little of the present . From the " Flying Eagle , ” a small Gazette , published December 24th , 1652— “ The House spent much time this day about the busi- ness of the Navy , for ...
... worthy parson lived but with times past , and knew but a little of the present . From the " Flying Eagle , ” a small Gazette , published December 24th , 1652— “ The House spent much time this day about the busi- ness of the Navy , for ...
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Страница 117 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Страница 270 - Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion and the place of usual residence. Here, rows of resplendent pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes. In one corner stood a huge bag of wool ready to be spun; in another a quantity of linsey-woolsey just from the loom; ears of Indian corn, and strings of dried apples and peaches, hung in gay festoons along the...
Страница 126 - Ay, and rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself armigero, — in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, armigero.
Страница 300 - 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 down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air.
Страница 269 - Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a waggon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house the conquest of his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping...
Страница 303 - Gunpowder, who dashed forward, snuffling and snorting, but came to a stand just by the bridge, with a suddenness that had nearly sent his rider sprawling over his head. Just at this moment a plashy tramp by the side of the bridge caught the sensitive ear of Ichabod. In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld something huge, misshapen, black and towering. It stirred not, but seemed gathered up in the gloom, like some gigantic monster ready to spring upon the traveller.
Страница 12 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Страница 62 - Caput apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head in hand bring I, With garlands gay and rosemary. I pray you all synge merily Qui estis in convivio.
Страница 304 - Just then the shadowy object of alarm put itself in motion, and with a scramble and a bound stood at once in the middle of the road. Though the night was dark and dismal, yet the form of the unknown might now in some degree be ascertained. He appeared to be a horseman...
Страница 264 - She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. She was withal a little of a coquette, as might be perceived even in her dress, which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions, as most suited to set off her charms.