The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent, المجلد 2Baudry ..., and J. Didot, Senior, 1823 |
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الصفحة 49
... caused by the exer- cise of the dance ; indeed , so great was her in- difference , that she was amusing herself with plucking to pieces a choice bouquet of hot- house flowers , and by the time the song was concluded the nosegay lay in ...
... caused by the exer- cise of the dance ; indeed , so great was her in- difference , that she was amusing herself with plucking to pieces a choice bouquet of hot- house flowers , and by the time the song was concluded the nosegay lay in ...
الصفحة 51
... cause why things thus fragrant be . HERRICK . WHEN I woke the next morning , it seemed as if all the events of the preceding evening had been a dream , and nothing but the identity of the ancient chamber convinced me of their reality ...
... cause why things thus fragrant be . HERRICK . WHEN I woke the next morning , it seemed as if all the events of the preceding evening had been a dream , and nothing but the identity of the ancient chamber convinced me of their reality ...
الصفحة 55
... English fare . He in- dulged in some bitter lamentations over mo- dern breakfasts of tea and toast , which he censured as among the causes of modern effe- minacy and weak nerves , and the decline of old CHRISTMAS DAY . 55.
... English fare . He in- dulged in some bitter lamentations over mo- dern breakfasts of tea and toast , which he censured as among the causes of modern effe- minacy and weak nerves , and the decline of old CHRISTMAS DAY . 55.
الصفحة 59
... caused him to be looked upon as a pro- digy of book knowledge by all the grooms , huntsmen , and small sportsmen of the neigh- bourhood . While we were talking we heard the dis- tant toll of the village bell , and I was told that the ...
... caused him to be looked upon as a pro- digy of book knowledge by all the grooms , huntsmen , and small sportsmen of the neigh- bourhood . While we were talking we heard the dis- tant toll of the village bell , and I was told that the ...
الصفحة 117
... cause he has two or three stuffed alligators hanging up in his shop , and several snakes in bottles . He is a great reader of almanacks and newspapers , and is much given to pore over alarming accounts of plots , conspiracies , fires ...
... cause he has two or three stuffed alligators hanging up in his shop , and several snakes in bottles . He is a great reader of almanacks and newspapers , and is much given to pore over alarming accounts of plots , conspiracies , fires ...
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الصفحة 34 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
الصفحة 316 - ... so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out : an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot.
الصفحة 274 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
الصفحة 11 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
الصفحة 365 - ... to the left. This road leads through a sandy hollow, shaded by trees for about a quarter of a mile, where it crosses the bridge famous in goblin story, and just beyond swells the green knoll on which stands the whitewashed church.
الصفحة 330 - Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath ; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where.
الصفحة 322 - ... or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost. The fireflies, too, which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places, now and then startled him, as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path; and if...
الصفحة 331 - ... of the mansion and the place of usual residence. Here, rows of resplendent pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes. In one corner stood a huge bag of wool ready to be spun; in another a quantity of linsey-woolsey just from the loom; ears of Indian corn, and strings of dried apples and peaches, hung in gay festoons along the...
الصفحة 317 - ... now and then by the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command; or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, " Spare the rod and spoil the child.
الصفحة 323 - ... floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road. Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was, to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives, as they sat spinning by the fire, with a row of apples roasting and...