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... night the weather was so thick that we could not distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship . I kept lights at the mast - head , and a constant watch for- ward to look out for fishing smacks , which are accustomed to lie at ...
... night the weather was so thick that we could not distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship . I kept lights at the mast - head , and a constant watch for- ward to look out for fishing smacks , which are accustomed to lie at ...
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... night . The sea was lashed into tremendous confusion . There was a fearful , sullen sound of rushing waves , and broken surges . Deep called unto deep . At times the black volume of clouds over head seemed rent asunder by flashes of ...
... night . The sea was lashed into tremendous confusion . There was a fearful , sullen sound of rushing waves , and broken surges . Deep called unto deep . At times the black volume of clouds over head seemed rent asunder by flashes of ...
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... night , her tongue was incessantly going , and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence . Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind , and that , by frequent use , had grown into a ...
... night , her tongue was incessantly going , and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence . Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind , and that , by frequent use , had grown into a ...
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... night , just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial . It is true , he was rarely heard to speak , but ...
... night , just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial . It is true , he was rarely heard to speak , but ...
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... night . " He recalled the occur- rences before he fell asleep . The strange man with a keg of liquor the mountain ravine - the wild retreat among the rocks -the woebegone party at nine - pins - the flagon- 66 THE SKETCH BOOK .
... night . " He recalled the occur- rences before he fell asleep . The strange man with a keg of liquor the mountain ravine - the wild retreat among the rocks -the woebegone party at nine - pins - the flagon- 66 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.