The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Artist's ed |
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... present work , it is only because I do not see that scope in the nature of it which would enable me to make those satisfactory accounts between us , without which I really feel no satisfaction in engaging - but I will do all I can 19 ...
... present work , it is only because I do not see that scope in the nature of it which would enable me to make those satisfactory accounts between us , without which I really feel no satisfaction in engaging - but I will do all I can 19 ...
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... present I am as useless for regular service as one of my own country Indians , or a Don Cossack . " I must , therefore , keep on pretty much as I have begun ; writing when I can , not when I would . I shall occasionally shift my ...
... present I am as useless for regular service as one of my own country Indians , or a Don Cossack . " I must , therefore , keep on pretty much as I have begun ; writing when I can , not when I would . I shall occasionally shift my ...
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... present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , beside all this , an earnest desire to see the great men of the earth . We have , it is true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of ...
... present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , beside all this , an earnest desire to see the great men of the earth . We have , it is true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of ...
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... presents no lesson to the world , or , perhaps , a humiliating one of human frailty and inconsistency . At best , they are prone to steal away from the bustle and commonplace of busy existence ; to indulge in the selfishness of lettered ...
... presents no lesson to the world , or , perhaps , a humiliating one of human frailty and inconsistency . At best , they are prone to steal away from the bustle and commonplace of busy existence ; to indulge in the selfishness of lettered ...
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... presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , unfortunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy ...
... presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , unfortunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy ...
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abbey ancient antiquated baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge bustle Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church churchyard cottage countenance customs Dame deep delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy favorite feelings fire flowers Gothic architecture grave green hall hand heard heart hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments morning mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed Odenwald old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed Shakspeare Sleepy Hollow solemn sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy young
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Страница 74 - Tory, a Tory! A spy! A refugee! Hustle him! Away with him!" It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order, and having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit what he came there for, and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but merely came there in search of some of his neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. "Well, who are they? Name them.
Страница 62 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Страница 83 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Страница 77 - ... an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business. Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time, and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.
Страница 72 - 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, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He...
Страница 79 - ... insisted that Rip had been out of his head, and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm 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 hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught...
Страница 58 - 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 72 - 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 113 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Страница 26 - At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained.