The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. With a new intr. by the author |
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... continual reverie - but it is time to get to shore . It was a fine sunny morning when the thrilling cry of " land ! " was given from the mast - head . None but those who have expe- rienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of ...
... continual reverie - but it is time to get to shore . It was a fine sunny morning when the thrilling cry of " land ! " was given from the mast - head . None but those who have expe- rienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of ...
الصفحة 46
... continually falling to pieces ; his cow would either go astray , or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out - door ...
... continually falling to pieces ; his cow would either go astray , or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than any where else ; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out - door ...
الصفحة 83
... continually winding , and the view is shut in by groves and hedges , the eye is delighted by a con- tinual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness . The great charm , however , of English scenery is the moral feeling ...
... continually winding , and the view is shut in by groves and hedges , the eye is delighted by a con- tinual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness . The great charm , however , of English scenery is the moral feeling ...
الصفحة 95
... continually finding out some very simple cause for some great matter of marvel . Thus have I chanced , in my peregrinations about this great metropolis , to blunder upon a scene which unfolded to me some of the mysteries of the book ...
... continually finding out some very simple cause for some great matter of marvel . Thus have I chanced , in my peregrinations about this great metropolis , to blunder upon a scene which unfolded to me some of the mysteries of the book ...
الصفحة 128
... continual consciousness of finery , and a sorry ambition of being the wonders of a rural congregation . The old gentleman was the only one really attentive to the service . He took the whole burden of family devotion upon him- self ...
... continual consciousness of finery , and a sorry ambition of being the wonders of a rural congregation . The old gentleman was the only one really attentive to the service . He took the whole burden of family devotion upon him- self ...
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abbey ancient antiquity baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church church-yard cottage countenance custom Dame dark delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy father favorite feelings flowers George Somers goblin grave green hall hand heard heart horse hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed seen Shakspeare side Sleepy Hollow sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Wat Tyler Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy young
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الصفحة 246 - The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me ! " cried Bracebridge, laughing. At the sound of his voice, the bark was changed into a yelp of delight, and in a moment he was surrounded and almost overpowered by the caresses of the faithful animals.
الصفحة 48 - 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.
الصفحة 52 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay — the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog, that looked like Wolf, was skulking about it.
الصفحة 253 - Then let not the dark thee cumber; What though the moon does slumber, The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number. Then, Julia, let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me: And when I shall meet Thy silvery feet, ., . My soul I'll pour into thee.
الصفحة 54 - 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 church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
الصفحة 45 - 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!
الصفحة 46 - On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
الصفحة 39 - 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.
الصفحة 47 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance...
الصفحة 56 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. He assured the company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Kaatskill Mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years with his crew of the Half- moon...