The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. With a new intr. by the author |
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الصفحة vii
... received from the United States , to Mr. John Murray , the eminent publisher , from whom I had already received friendly attentions , and left them with him for examination , informing him that should he be inclined to bring them before ...
... received from the United States , to Mr. John Murray , the eminent publisher , from whom I had already received friendly attentions , and left them with him for examination , informing him that should he be inclined to bring them before ...
الصفحة viii
... coach to Scott's address in Edinburgh ; the letter went by mail to his residence in the country . By the very first post I received a reply , before he had seen my work . " I was down at Kelso , " said he viii PREFACE .
... coach to Scott's address in Edinburgh ; the letter went by mail to his residence in the country . By the very first post I received a reply , before he had seen my work . " I was down at Kelso , " said he viii PREFACE .
الصفحة xi
... received a reply : " I observe with pleasure that you are going to come forth in Britain . It is certainly not the very best way to publish on one's own accompt ; for the booksellers set their face against the circulation of such works ...
... received a reply : " I observe with pleasure that you are going to come forth in Britain . It is certainly not the very best way to publish on one's own accompt ; for the booksellers set their face against the circulation of such works ...
الصفحة 68
... received with caution by the censors of the press ; that the motives of these men , their veracity , their opportunities of inquiry and observation , and their capacities for judging correctly , would be rigorously scrutinized before ...
... received with caution by the censors of the press ; that the motives of these men , their veracity , their opportunities of inquiry and observation , and their capacities for judging correctly , would be rigorously scrutinized before ...
الصفحة 136
... received tidings of his seizure , but beyond that they could learn nothing . It was the loss of their main prop . The father , who was already infirm , grew heartless and melancholy , and sunk into his grave . in her age and feebleness ...
... received tidings of his seizure , but beyond that they could learn nothing . It was the loss of their main prop . The father , who was already infirm , grew heartless and melancholy , and sunk into his grave . in her age and feebleness ...
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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...