The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. With a new intr. by the author |
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... cottages , and landscapes , and obscure ruins ; but he had neglected to paint St. Peter's , or the Coliseum ; the cascade of Terni , or the bay of Naples ; and had not a single glacier or volcano in his whole collection . THE VOYAGE ...
... cottages , and landscapes , and obscure ruins ; but he had neglected to paint St. Peter's , or the Coliseum ; the cascade of Terni , or the bay of Naples ; and had not a single glacier or volcano in his whole collection . THE VOYAGE ...
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... cottages , with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots . I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill - all were characteristic of ...
... cottages , with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots . I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill - all were characteristic of ...
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... cottage in the country , a few miles from town . He had been busied all day in sending out furniture . The new establishment required few articles , and those of the simplest kind . All the splendid furni- niture of his late residence ...
... cottage in the country , a few miles from town . He had been busied all day in sending out furniture . The new establishment required few articles , and those of the simplest kind . All the splendid furni- niture of his late residence ...
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... cottage to be obliged to toil almost in the menial concerns of her wretched habitation ? " " Has she then repined at the change ? " " Repined ! she has been nothing but sweetness and good humor . Indeed , she seems in better spirits ...
... cottage to be obliged to toil almost in the menial concerns of her wretched habitation ? " " Has she then repined at the change ? " " Repined ! she has been nothing but sweetness and good humor . Indeed , she seems in better spirits ...
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... cottage ; and I've been gathering some of the most delicious strawberries , for I know you are fond of them - and we have such excellent cream - and every thing is so sweet and still here - Oh ! " said she , putting her arm within his ...
... cottage ; and I've been gathering some of the most delicious strawberries , for I know you are fond of them - and we have such excellent cream - and every thing is so sweet and still here - Oh ! " said she , putting her arm within his ...
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Страница 246 - The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me ! " cried Bracebridge, laughing. At the sound of his voice, the bark was changed into a yelp of delight, and in a moment he was surrounded and almost overpowered by the caresses of the faithful animals.
Страница 48 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes. It was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip. "I have not slept here all night.
Страница 52 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay — the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog, that looked like Wolf, was skulking about it.
Страница 253 - Then 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. Then, Julia, let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me: And when I shall meet Thy silvery feet, ., . My soul I'll pour into thee.
Страница 54 - There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Страница 45 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it ; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee!
Страница 46 - On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
Страница 39 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Страница 47 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance...
Страница 56 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. He assured the company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Kaatskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years with his crew of the Half- moon...