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... beautiful weather , Suppose we go out for a walk all together . " The three Bears scarcely were out of sight When there came through the wood a maiden bright , Dancing and singing with never a care— A sweet , pretty child , little ...
... beautiful weather , Suppose we go out for a walk all together . " The three Bears scarcely were out of sight When there came through the wood a maiden bright , Dancing and singing with never a care— A sweet , pretty child , little ...
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... beautiful lady called Maid Marian , whom he had loved and promised to marry before he was made an outlaw ; so he threw off his own disguise , and they were both highly delighted to find each other again . Then she told him how miserable ...
... beautiful lady called Maid Marian , whom he had loved and promised to marry before he was made an outlaw ; so he threw off his own disguise , and they were both highly delighted to find each other again . Then she told him how miserable ...
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... beautiful little chubby baby , with blue eyes and a fair skin ; and it was wonderfully good , and scarcely ever cried . Great joy there was at Court , you may be sure ; and the King and the Queen were so pleased , that they at once ...
... beautiful little chubby baby , with blue eyes and a fair skin ; and it was wonderfully good , and scarcely ever cried . Great joy there was at Court , you may be sure ; and the King and the Queen were so pleased , that they at once ...
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... beautiful every day ; and , what was of more consequence still , she be- came kind and gentle to every one about her , so that all loved and admired her . Nurses and governesses had no trouble at all with her , and even the domestic ...
... beautiful every day ; and , what was of more consequence still , she be- came kind and gentle to every one about her , so that all loved and admired her . Nurses and governesses had no trouble at all with her , and even the domestic ...
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... beautiful daughter awoke ; and that they should never see her smile nor hear her merry voice again in this world ; and that when she awoke she would find herself quite alone and friendless among strangers . Then they thought of the ...
... beautiful daughter awoke ; and that they should never see her smile nor hear her merry voice again in this world ; and that when she awoke she would find herself quite alone and friendless among strangers . Then they thought of the ...
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Страница 417 - 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 416 - 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 415 - 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 416 - ... green knoll, covered with mountain herbage, that crowned the brow of a precipice. From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, moving on its silent but majestic course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark,* here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands.
Страница 413 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky , but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Страница 424 - Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into...
Страница 415 - ... and to do such little odd jobs as 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. In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him.