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... knew Merlin , and loved him well ; and the enchanter had often witnessed the fairy revels held on the green at night ; which the people said could be known by the fairy rings marked upon the grass , showing the places where the fairies ...
... knew Merlin , and loved him well ; and the enchanter had often witnessed the fairy revels held on the green at night ; which the people said could be known by the fairy rings marked upon the grass , showing the places where the fairies ...
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... knew as little about what was the matter with him as the poor miller did himself . A fierce dispute arose among the doctors as to the nature of the miller's illness . One said that watching the mill sails turn had made the miller giddy ...
... knew as little about what was the matter with him as the poor miller did himself . A fierce dispute arose among the doctors as to the nature of the miller's illness . One said that watching the mill sails turn had made the miller giddy ...
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... knew at any rate how to make herself comfortable . Outside , among the branches , the cuckoo was singing ; and Silverhair repeated dreamily to herself the old verse that says : - " In April , the cuckoo can sing her note by rote , In ...
... knew at any rate how to make herself comfortable . Outside , among the branches , the cuckoo was singing ; and Silverhair repeated dreamily to herself the old verse that says : - " In April , the cuckoo can sing her note by rote , In ...
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... knew whether she stood on her head or on her heels . At last she got a little better , and sat on the ground to consider what she had best do . At this moment the little bear , who had just got up from the ground , poked his queer nose ...
... knew whether she stood on her head or on her heels . At last she got a little better , and sat on the ground to consider what she had best do . At this moment the little bear , who had just got up from the ground , poked his queer nose ...
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... knew how to keep peace in the house . For , to tell the truth , if there is one sort of person who does not like to be contradicted , that person is a large bear who has a good opinion of himself , and a habit of having his own way ...
... knew how to keep peace in the house . For , to tell the truth , if there is one sort of person who does not like to be contradicted , that person is a large bear who has a good opinion of himself , and a habit of having his own way ...
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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.