The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. With a new intr. by the author |
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... worthy bookseller failed before the first month was over , and the sale was interrupted . At this juncture Scott arrived in London . I called to him for help , as I was sticking in the mire , and , more propitious than Hercules , he put ...
... worthy bookseller failed before the first month was over , and the sale was interrupted . At this juncture Scott arrived in London . I called to him for help , as I was sticking in the mire , and , more propitious than Hercules , he put ...
الصفحة 23
... man's reach , but which , unfor- tunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature ROSCOE .
... man's reach , but which , unfor- tunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature ROSCOE .
الصفحة 25
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity ; with antiquity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future renown ...
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity ; with antiquity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future renown ...
الصفحة 68
... relations . Nay , they will even make these apocryphal volumes text - books , on which to enlarge with a zeal and an ability worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome 68 THE SKETCH BOOK . 69.
... relations . Nay , they will even make these apocryphal volumes text - books , on which to enlarge with a zeal and an ability worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome 68 THE SKETCH BOOK . 69.
الصفحة 74
... worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most analogous to ours . The manners of her people — their intellectual activity - their freedom of opinion - their habits of thinking on those subjects 74 THE SKETCH ...
... worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most analogous to ours . The manners of her people — their intellectual activity - their freedom of opinion - their habits of thinking on those subjects 74 THE SKETCH ...
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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...