The Works of Washington Irving, Том 2G. P. Putnam, 1853 |
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... gave rise to many dismal anecdotes . This was particularly the case in the evening , when the weather , which had hitherto been fair , began to look wild and threatening , and gave indications of one of those sudden storms which will ...
... gave rise to many dismal anecdotes . This was particularly the case in the evening , when the weather , which had hitherto been fair , began to look wild and threatening , and gave indications of one of those sudden storms which will ...
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... gave the alarm of a sail ahead ! ' — it was scarcely uttered before we were upon her . She was a small schooner , at anchor , with her broadside towards us . The crew were all asleep , and had neglected to hoist a light . We struck her ...
... gave the alarm of a sail ahead ! ' — it was scarcely uttered before we were upon her . She was a small schooner , at anchor , with her broadside towards us . The crew were all asleep , and had neglected to hoist a light . We struck her ...
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... gave it full credit . Even to this day they never hear a thunder- storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill , but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine - pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked ...
... gave it full credit . Even to this day they never hear a thunder- storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill , but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine - pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked ...
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... gave a transient cur- rency to the worthless and the ungrateful . Throughout the coun- try there was something of enthusiasm connected with the idea of England . We looked to it with a hallowed feeling of tenderness and veneration , as ...
... gave a transient cur- rency to the worthless and the ungrateful . Throughout the coun- try there was something of enthusiasm connected with the idea of England . We looked to it with a hallowed feeling of tenderness and veneration , as ...
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... gave his last gasp about thirty years since . The tavern was then turned into shops ; but she informed me that a picture of it was still preserved in St. Michael's Church , which stood just in the rear . To get a sight of this picture ...
... gave his last gasp about thirty years since . The tavern was then turned into shops ; but she informed me that a picture of it was still preserved in St. Michael's Church , which stood just in the rear . To get a sight of this picture ...
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Страница 47 - 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 54 - 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.
Страница 45 - He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one of the neighborhood in need of his assistance, he hastened down to yield it. 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 50 - 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. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. —
Страница 219 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Страница 55 - 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 Halfmoon...
Страница 53 - Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Страница 51 - Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap...
Страница 38 - 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 300 - 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.