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... pots of flowers tastefully dis- posed about the door , and on the grass - plot in front . A small wicket gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door . Just as we approached ,. 50 THE SKETCH BOOK.
... pots of flowers tastefully dis- posed about the door , and on the grass - plot in front . A small wicket gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door . Just as we approached ,. 50 THE SKETCH BOOK.
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... flowers were twisted in her fine hair ; a fresh bloom was on her cheek ; her whole countenance beamed with smiles- I had never seen her look so lovely . " My dear George , ” cried she , " I am so glad you are come ! I have been watching ...
... flowers were twisted in her fine hair ; a fresh bloom was on her cheek ; her whole countenance beamed with smiles- I had never seen her look so lovely . " My dear George , ” cried she , " I am so glad you are come ! I have been watching ...
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... flowering vines which clamber about it , and the wild flowers which abound in its neighborhood , is known by the name of the Garden Rock . Near the foo's of it is a small lake , the haunt of the solitary bittern , with water- snakes ...
... flowering vines which clamber about it , and the wild flowers which abound in its neighborhood , is known by the name of the Garden Rock . Near the foo's of it is a small lake , the haunt of the solitary bittern , with water- snakes ...
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... flowers , every spot capable of vegetation has its grass - plot and flower - bed ; and every square its mimic park , laid out with picturesque taste , and gleaming with refreshing verdure . Those who see the Englishman only in town are ...
... flowers , every spot capable of vegetation has its grass - plot and flower - bed ; and every square its mimic park , laid out with picturesque taste , and gleaming with refreshing verdure . Those who see the Englishman only in town are ...
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... flowers and plants of tender and graceful foliage ; the introduction of a green slope of velvet turf ; the partial opening to a peep of blue dis- tance , or silver gleam of water , all these are managed with a delicate tact , a ...
... flowers and plants of tender and graceful foliage ; the introduction of a green slope of velvet turf ; the partial opening to a peep of blue dis- tance , or silver gleam of water , all these are managed with a delicate tact , a ...
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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.