The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, Том 51819 |
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... interest in their concerns , besides discharging the usual functions of landlord and magistrate ; he will know more of the nature and capacities of mankind , ( though per- haps less of manners , as ever varying in the artificial world ...
... interest in their concerns , besides discharging the usual functions of landlord and magistrate ; he will know more of the nature and capacities of mankind , ( though per- haps less of manners , as ever varying in the artificial world ...
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... interest in our feelings , and a place in our memory . The very animals that make up the dumb show in his scenes insist on taking their place in the remembered groupes that haunt our fancy . Who can forget the beautiful animal that bore ...
... interest in our feelings , and a place in our memory . The very animals that make up the dumb show in his scenes insist on taking their place in the remembered groupes that haunt our fancy . Who can forget the beautiful animal that bore ...
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... should suppose a Highlander would imagine that he would be haunted all his life by the spirit of any one whom he had stript and left naked in the field . HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PRIN- of this interest , which 1819.7 45 Legend of Montrose .
... should suppose a Highlander would imagine that he would be haunted all his life by the spirit of any one whom he had stript and left naked in the field . HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PRIN- of this interest , which 1819.7 45 Legend of Montrose .
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... interest on the loan to Government was always paid punctually , every registered claim in the books of this office might be considered as a productive capital ; and these claims , or the right of re- ceiving this annuity , must have ...
... interest on the loan to Government was always paid punctually , every registered claim in the books of this office might be considered as a productive capital ; and these claims , or the right of re- ceiving this annuity , must have ...
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... interest , and payable to bearer . It borrowed at 4 per cent . and lent at 6. It was so well administered , that at the death of Charles XII . its capital had aug- mented to 5,000,000 . Another Bank was afterwards esta- blished , and ...
... interest , and payable to bearer . It borrowed at 4 per cent . and lent at 6. It was so well administered , that at the death of Charles XII . its capital had aug- mented to 5,000,000 . Another Bank was afterwards esta- blished , and ...
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Страница 322 - Rip's story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it. Some were seen to wink at each other and put their tongues in their cheeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook his head, upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. It was determined, however, to take the opinion of old Peter...
Страница 318 - ... of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.
Страница 320 - ... 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.
Страница 322 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Страница 316 - Rip Van 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. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
Страница 101 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Страница 316 - ... about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray or get among...
Страница 319 - 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 320 - At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest.
Страница 320 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.