The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ... |
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But his private life is peculiarly worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity ; and must depend for ...
But his private life is peculiarly worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity ; and must depend for ...
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They do but drive him in upon the resources of his own mind ; to the superior society of his own thoughts ; which the best of men are apt sometimes to neglect , and to roam abroad in search of less worthy associates .
They do but drive him in upon the resources of his own mind ; to the superior society of his own thoughts ; which the best of men are apt sometimes to neglect , and to roam abroad in search of less worthy associates .
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Nay , they will even make these apocryphal volumes text - books , on which to enlarge , with a zeal and an ability worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome and hackneyed topic ; nor should I have ...
Nay , they will even make these apocryphal volumes text - books , on which to enlarge , with a zeal and an ability worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome and hackneyed topic ; nor should I have ...
الصفحة 80
There is no country more worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most anal. ogous to ours . The manners of her people -- their intellectual activity -- their freedom of opinion -- their habits of thinking on ...
There is no country more worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most anal. ogous to ours . The manners of her people -- their intellectual activity -- their freedom of opinion -- their habits of thinking on ...
الصفحة 81
While they rebuke the indiscriininating bigotry with which some of our countrymen admire and imitate every thing English , merely because it is English , let them frankly point out what is really worthy of approbation .
While they rebuke the indiscriininating bigotry with which some of our countrymen admire and imitate every thing English , merely because it is English , let them frankly point out what is really worthy of approbation .
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الصفحة 47 - 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.
الصفحة 53 - What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene but the noise of the balls, which, whenever they were rolled, echoed along the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder.
الصفحة 55 - ... came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice ; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities.
الصفحة 48 - ... and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.
الصفحة 50 - ... cliffs and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!
الصفحة 60 - 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.
الصفحة 52 - As they ascended, Rip, every now and then, heard long rolling peals, like distant thunder, that seemed to issue out of a deep ravine, or rather cleft between lofty rocks, toward which their rugged path conducted.
الصفحة 11 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
الصفحة 43 - 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.