The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, المجلد 2Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1894 |
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... CHAPTER XXI . * * * * * * * Another remov'd the tooth - ach only PANTAGRUELIAN PROGNOSTICA- TIONS . THE MOST CERTAIN , TRUE , AND INFALLIBLE PANTAGRUELIAN PROGNOSTICATION , FOR THE YEAR THAT'S TO COME , AND EVER AND AYE . CALCULATED FOR ...
... CHAPTER XXI . * * * * * * * Another remov'd the tooth - ach only PANTAGRUELIAN PROGNOSTICA- TIONS . THE MOST CERTAIN , TRUE , AND INFALLIBLE PANTAGRUELIAN PROGNOSTICATION , FOR THE YEAR THAT'S TO COME , AND EVER AND AYE . CALCULATED FOR ...
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... CHAPTER I. BUT softly , for in these sportive plains and under this genial sun , where at this instant all flesh is running out piping , fid- dling , and dancing to the vintage , and every step that's taken , the judgment is surprised ...
... CHAPTER I. BUT softly , for in these sportive plains and under this genial sun , where at this instant all flesh is running out piping , fid- dling , and dancing to the vintage , and every step that's taken , the judgment is surprised ...
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... chapter . CHAPTER III . Bon jour ! good morrow ! so you have got your cloak on betimes , but ' t is a cold morning , and you judge the matter rightly ; ' t is better to be well mounted than go o'foot ; and obstructions in the glands are ...
... chapter . CHAPTER III . Bon jour ! good morrow ! so you have got your cloak on betimes , but ' t is a cold morning , and you judge the matter rightly ; ' t is better to be well mounted than go o'foot ; and obstructions in the glands are ...
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... CHAPTER VI . I WISH my uncle Toby had been a water - drinker , for then the thing had been accounted for , That the ... chapter I had been writing , to the service of the chapter following it , than in the present case : one would think ...
... CHAPTER VI . I WISH my uncle Toby had been a water - drinker , for then the thing had been accounted for , That the ... chapter I had been writing , to the service of the chapter following it , than in the present case : one would think ...
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... CHAPTER VIII . My uncle Toby and the corporal had posted down with so much heat and precipitation , to take possession of the spot of ground we have so often spoken of , in order to open their campaign as early as the rest of the allies ...
... CHAPTER VIII . My uncle Toby and the corporal had posted down with so much heat and precipitation , to take possession of the spot of ground we have so often spoken of , in order to open their campaign as early as the rest of the allies ...
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الصفحة 259 - ... playing at ninepins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guide's.
الصفحة 259 - Eip 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 !" He looked round, but could see nothing but a crow winging its solitary flight across the mountain.
الصفحة 262 - The bystanders began now to look at each other, nod, wink significantly, and tap their fingers against their foreheads. There was a whisper, also, about securing the gun and keeping the old fellow from doing mischief, at the very suggestion of which the self-important man in the cocked hat retired with some precipitation.
الصفحة 258 - 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! " Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
الصفحة 261 - 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.
الصفحة 145 - ... to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week...
الصفحة 260 - 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 260 - With some difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs. He, however, made shift...
الصفحة 277 - Ichabod, who had no relish for this strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of the adventure of Brom Bones with the Galloping Hessian, now quickened his steed in hopes of leaving him behind. The stranger, however, quickened his horse to an equal pace.
الصفحة 268 - Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman.