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... Hall , 1822 . 6. DOLPH HEYLIGER - Bracebridge Hall , 1822 . 1. The Historian 2. The Haunted House 3. Dolph Heyliger 4. The Storm - ship · • · 175 178 · 183 233 7. COLUMBUS'S DISCOVERY OF LAND , 1492 Life of Columbus ix.
... Hall , 1822 . 6. DOLPH HEYLIGER - Bracebridge Hall , 1822 . 1. The Historian 2. The Haunted House 3. Dolph Heyliger 4. The Storm - ship · • · 175 178 · 183 233 7. COLUMBUS'S DISCOVERY OF LAND , 1492 Life of Columbus ix.
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... ships sent out for the conquest of the Manhattoes touched at the eastern ports to obtain supplies , and to call on the grand council of the league for its promised co - operation . Upon hearing of this , the vigilant Peter , perceiving ...
... ships sent out for the conquest of the Manhattoes touched at the eastern ports to obtain supplies , and to call on the grand council of the league for its promised co - operation . Upon hearing of this , the vigilant Peter , perceiving ...
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... ships prepared for an assault by water . a metamor- The streets of New Amsterdam now presented a scene of wild dismay and consternation . In vain did Peter Stuyvesant order the citizens to arm and assemble on the Battery . Blank terror ...
... ships prepared for an assault by water . a metamor- The streets of New Amsterdam now presented a scene of wild dismay and consternation . In vain did Peter Stuyvesant order the citizens to arm and assemble on the Battery . Blank terror ...
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... ship of the line . The most favorite object of curiosity , however , is Shakspeare's chair . It stands in the chimney nook of a small gloomy chamber , just behind what was his father's shop . Here he may many a time have sat when a boy ...
... ship of the line . The most favorite object of curiosity , however , is Shakspeare's chair . It stands in the chimney nook of a small gloomy chamber , just behind what was his father's shop . Here he may many a time have sat when a boy ...
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... ship approached . Frau Ilsy , too , was forever finding some occasion to raise a windy tempest about his ears , and seldom encountered him about the house without a clatter of the tongue ; so that at length the jingling of her keys , as ...
... ship approached . Frau Ilsy , too , was forever finding some occasion to raise a windy tempest about his ears , and seldom encountered him about the house without a clatter of the tongue ; so that at length the jingling of her keys , as ...
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الصفحة 295 - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
الصفحة 62 - Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it, and insisted that Rip had been out of his head, and that this was one point on which h'e always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine-pins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on...
الصفحة 54 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken, and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle." Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap, and from...
الصفحة 42 - It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
الصفحة 61 - ... despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was— petticoat government. Happily that was at an end; he had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased, without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger...
الصفحة 40 - ... just where the blue tints of the upland melt away into the fresh green of the nearer landscape. It is a little village of great antiquity, having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists in the early times of the province...
الصفحة 47 - On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene ; evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought «f encountering the terrors...
الصفحة 41 - Certain it is, that he was a great favourite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles, and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle.
الصفحة 39 - KNICKERBOCKER. By Woden, God of Saxons, From whence comes Wensday, that is Wodensday, Truth is a thing that ever I will keep Unto thylke day in which I creep into My sepulchre.
الصفحة 144 - ... extremely awful. If they are indeed his own, they show that solicitude about the quiet of the grave which seems natural to fine sensibilities and thoughtful minds. " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here.