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... England , and formed but part of an intended series for which I had made notes and memorandums . Be- fore I could mature a plan , however , cir cumstances compelled me to send them piecemeal to the United States , where they were pub ...
... England , and formed but part of an intended series for which I had made notes and memorandums . Be- fore I could mature a plan , however , cir cumstances compelled me to send them piecemeal to the United States , where they were pub ...
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... England . The tide and wind were so favorable that the ship was en- abled to come at once to the pier . It was thronged with people ; some , idle lookers - on , others , eager expectants of friends or rela- tives . I could distinguish ...
... England . The tide and wind were so favorable that the ship was en- abled to come at once to the pier . It was thronged with people ; some , idle lookers - on , others , eager expectants of friends or rela- tives . I could distinguish ...
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... England peddler . " There was a drop of comfort , at least , in this intelligence . The honest man could contain himself no longer . He caught his daughter and her child in his arms . " I am your father ! " cried he " Young Rip Van ...
... England peddler . " There was a drop of comfort , at least , in this intelligence . The honest man could contain himself no longer . He caught his daughter and her child in his arms . " I am your father ! " cried he " Young Rip Van ...
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... England - and that , instead of being a subject of his Majesty George the Third , he was now a free citizen of the United States . Rip , in fact , was no politician ; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him ...
... England - and that , instead of being a subject of his Majesty George the Third , he was now a free citizen of the United States . Rip , in fact , was no politician ; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him ...
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... possibility of doubt . " D. K " POSTSCRIPT . The Kaatsberg , or Catskill Mountains , have always been. The following are travelling notes from a memorandum book of Mr. Knickerbocker : RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND . 78 THE SKETCH BOOK .
... possibility of doubt . " D. K " POSTSCRIPT . The Kaatsberg , or Catskill Mountains , have always been. The following are travelling notes from a memorandum book of Mr. Knickerbocker : RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND . 78 THE SKETCH BOOK .
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Страница 70 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Страница 58 - ... their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own; but as to doing family duty and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible.
Страница 175 - Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, on Wednesday, in Whitsun week, when the prince broke thy head for liking his father to a singing-man of Windsor ; thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me, and make me my lady, thy wife.
Страница 198 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Страница 199 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Страница 73 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman ? " asked he. * "Judith Gardenier.
Страница 62 - When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs ; but when pleased, he would...
Страница 55 - Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and 56 they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.
Страница 59 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
Страница 63 - He was after his favorite sport of squirrel-shooting, and the still solitudes had echoed and re-echoed with the reports of his gun. Panting and fatigued, he threw himself, late in the afternoon, on a green knoll covered with mountain herbage, that crowned the brow of a precipice.