The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, المجلد 2 |
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THERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my
imagination , than the lingerings of the holyday customs and rural games of
former times . They recal the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning
of life ...
THERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my
imagination , than the lingerings of the holyday customs and rural games of
former times . They recal the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning
of life ...
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The traditionary customs of golden hearted antiquity , its feudal hospitalities , and
lordly wassailings , have passed away with the baronial castles and stately
manor houses in which they were celebrated . They comported with 10
CHRISTMAS ...
The traditionary customs of golden hearted antiquity , its feudal hospitalities , and
lordly wassailings , have passed away with the baronial castles and stately
manor houses in which they were celebrated . They comported with 10
CHRISTMAS ...
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In deference , perhaps , to the notions of Mr . Bracebridge , he had made diligent
investigations into the festive rites and holyday customs of former times ; and had
been as zealous in the inquiry , as if he had been a boon companion ; but it was ...
In deference , perhaps , to the notions of Mr . Bracebridge , he had made diligent
investigations into the festive rites and holyday customs of former times ; and had
been as zealous in the inquiry , as if he had been a boon companion ; but it was ...
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Our old games and local customs , ” said he , “ had a great effect in making the
peasant fond of his home , and the promotion of them by the gentry made him
fond of his lord . They made the times " An English gentleman at the opening of
the ...
Our old games and local customs , ” said he , “ had a great effect in making the
peasant fond of his home , and the promotion of them by the gentry made him
fond of his lord . They made the times " An English gentleman at the opening of
the ...
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... fondness for odd and obsolete things to which I am a little given , were I to
mention the other makeshifts of this worthy old humorist , by which he was
endeavouring to follow up , though at humble distance , the quaint customs of
antiquity .
... fondness for odd and obsolete things to which I am a little given , were I to
mention the other makeshifts of this worthy old humorist , by which he was
endeavouring to follow up , though at humble distance , the quaint customs of
antiquity .
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الصفحة 117 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
الصفحة 268 - Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion and the place of usual residence. Here, rows of resplendent pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes. In one corner stood a huge bag of wool ready to be spun; in another a quantity of linsey-woolsey just from the loom; ears of Indian corn, and strings of dried apples and peaches, hung in gay festoons along the...
الصفحة 126 - Ay, and rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself armigero, — in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, armigero.
الصفحة 298 - In the centre of the road stood an enormous tulip-tree, which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air.
الصفحة 267 - Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a waggon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where. When he entered the house the conquest of his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farm-houses, with high-ridged, but lowly-sloping...
الصفحة 301 - Gunpowder, who dashed forward, snuffling and snorting, but came to a stand just by the bridge, with a suddenness that had nearly sent his rider sprawling over his head. Just at this moment a plashy tramp by the side of the bridge caught the sensitive ear of Ichabod. In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld something huge, misshapen, black and towering. It stirred not, but seemed gathered up in the gloom, like some gigantic monster ready to spring upon the traveller.
الصفحة 12 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This 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 hallowed and so gracious is the time.
الصفحة 62 - Caput apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head in hand bring I, With garlands gay and rosemary. I pray you all synge merily Qui estis in convivio.
الصفحة 302 - Just then the shadowy object of alarm put itself in motion, and with a scramble and a bound stood at once in the middle of the road. Though the night was dark and dismal, yet the form of the unknown might now in some degree be ascertained. He appeared to be a horseman...
الصفحة 262 - She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. She was withal a little of a coquette, as might be perceived even in her dress, which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions, as most suited to set off her charms.
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, المجلد 2 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Washington Irving |
| المؤلف | Washington Irving |
| الناشر | John Murray, 1822 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 10 نيسان (إبريل) 2006 |
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