The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentCarey & Lea, 1834 |
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... green grass - plots . I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighbouring hill ; all were characteristic of England . The tide and wind were so ...
... green grass - plots . I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighbouring hill ; all were characteristic of England . The tide and wind were so ...
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... green meadow land ; while the Welsh mountains , blend- ing with clouds and melting into distance , bor- dered the horizon . This was Roscoe's favourite residence during the days of his prosperity . It had been the seat of elegant ...
... green meadow land ; while the Welsh mountains , blend- ing with clouds and melting into distance , bor- dered the horizon . This was Roscoe's favourite residence during the days of his prosperity . It had been the seat of elegant ...
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... green of the nearer landscape . It is a little village of great antiquity , having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists , in the earlier times of the pro- vince , just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter ...
... green of the nearer landscape . It is a little village of great antiquity , having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists , in the earlier times of the pro- vince , just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter ...
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... green knoll , covered with mountain herbage , that crowned the brow of a precipice . From an open- ing 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 ...
... green knoll , covered with mountain herbage , that crowned the brow of a precipice . From an open- ing 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 ...
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... green knoll from 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 ...
... green knoll from 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 ...
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Страница 115 - He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him.
Страница 64 - A 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 49 - ... until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighborhood. His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with the old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels...
Страница 65 - There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "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 45 - 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 240 - ... if thou art a lover, and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet ; then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knocking dolefully at thy soul...
Страница 60 - He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Страница 51 - Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till 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 sundial.
Страница 71 - The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally 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 ninepins ; 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 out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon.
Страница 60 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward.