The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. With a new intr. by the author |
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... told you that Walter is sweep- ing the firmament with a feather like a maypole and indenting the pavement with a sword like a scythe - in other words , he has become a whiskered hussar in the 18th dragoons . " illustrated . Constable ...
... told you that Walter is sweep- ing the firmament with a feather like a maypole and indenting the pavement with a sword like a scythe - in other words , he has become a whiskered hussar in the 18th dragoons . " illustrated . Constable ...
الصفحة 10
... told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement - to tread , as it were , in the foot- steps of antiquity - to loiter about the ruined castle ...
... told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement - to tread , as it were , in the foot- steps of antiquity - to loiter about the ruined castle ...
الصفحة 25
... told of his having been unfortunate in business . I could not pity him , as I heard some rich men do . I considered him far above the reach of my pity . Those who live only for the world , and in the world , may be cast down by the ...
... told of his having been unfortunate in business . I could not pity him , as I heard some rich men do . I considered him far above the reach of my pity . Those who live only for the world , and in the world , may be cast down by the ...
الصفحة 45
... told them long stories of ghosts , witches , and Indians . Whenever he went dodging about the village , he was surrounded by a troop of them , hanging on his skirts , clam- bering on his back , and playing a thousand tricks on him with ...
... told them long stories of ghosts , witches , and Indians . Whenever he went dodging about the village , he was surrounded by a troop of them , hanging on his skirts , clam- bering on his back , and playing a thousand tricks on him with ...
الصفحة 60
... told , for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night . The neighbors stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other , and put their tongues in their cheeks : and the self - important man in the cocked hat ...
... told , for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night . The neighbors stared when they heard it ; some were seen to wink at each other , and put their tongues in their cheeks : and the self - important man in the cocked hat ...
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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...