The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent, المجلد 2Baudry ..., and J. Didot, Senior, 1823 |
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... turns every thing to melody and beauty ! The very crowing of the cock , heard some- times in the profound repose of the country , << telling the night watches to his feathery dames , " was thought by the common people to CHRISTMAS . 11 .
... turns every thing to melody and beauty ! The very crowing of the cock , heard some- times in the profound repose of the country , << telling the night watches to his feathery dames , " was thought by the common people to CHRISTMAS . 11 .
الصفحة 36
... heard his father meddle with politics ; and he believed that he had got this notion from a member of parliament who once passed a few weeks with him . The Squire was glad of any argument to defend his clipped yew trees and formal ...
... heard his father meddle with politics ; and he believed that he had got this notion from a member of parliament who once passed a few weeks with him . The Squire was glad of any argument to defend his clipped yew trees and formal ...
الصفحة 37
... heard . On our arrival being announced , the Squire came out to receive us , accompanied by his two other sons ; one a young officer in the army , home on leave of absence ; the other an Oxonian , just from the university . The Squire ...
... heard . On our arrival being announced , the Squire came out to receive us , accompanied by his two other sons ; one a young officer in the army , home on leave of absence ; the other an Oxonian , just from the university . The Squire ...
الصفحة 51
... on my pillow , I heard the sound of little feet pattering out- side of the door , and a whispering consulta- tion . Presently a choir of small voices chanted forth an old Christmas carol , the burden of which CHRISTMAS DAY.
... on my pillow , I heard the sound of little feet pattering out- side of the door , and a whispering consulta- tion . Presently a choir of small voices chanted forth an old Christmas carol , the burden of which CHRISTMAS DAY.
الصفحة 52
... heard them laughing in triumph at their escape . Every thing conspired to produce kind and happy feelings in this strong hold of old- fashioned hospitality . The window of my chamber looked out upon what in summer would have been a ...
... heard them laughing in triumph at their escape . Every thing conspired to produce kind and happy feelings in this strong hold of old- fashioned hospitality . The window of my chamber looked out upon what in summer would have been a ...
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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...