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الصفحة xviii
... doors - the loveliness of wild nature . He made them feel the glory of the Hudson and the charm of the Catskills . At his transmuting touch the legends that clung to the secluded valleys of Eastern New York became the folklore of the ...
... doors - the loveliness of wild nature . He made them feel the glory of the Hudson and the charm of the Catskills . At his transmuting touch the legends that clung to the secluded valleys of Eastern New York became the folklore of the ...
الصفحة 39
... door , and on the grass - plot in front . A small wicket gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door . Just as we ap- proached , we heard the sound of music - Leslie grasped my arm ; we paused and listened ...
... door , and on the grass - plot in front . A small wicket gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door . Just as we ap- proached , we heard the sound of music - Leslie grasped my arm ; we paused and listened ...
الصفحة 44
... door work to do ; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management , acre by acre , until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes , yet it was the worst conditioned farm in ...
... door work to do ; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management , acre by acre , until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes , yet it was the worst conditioned farm in ...
الصفحة 45
... door with yelping precipitation . Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mel- lows with age , and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use ...
... door with yelping precipitation . Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mel- lows with age , and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use ...
الصفحة 46
... door of which he took his seat from morning till night , just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial . It ...
... door of which he took his seat from morning till night , just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree ; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sun - dial . It ...
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Abbey ancient antiquated beautiful bosom Bracebridge Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church churchyard cottage Dame dance dark delight door earth Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy father favorite feelings fire flowers friends goblin grave hall hand head heard heart horse humor hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian Irving Irving's John John Bull kind lady Lambs land Little Britain lived London look Lord Maid's Tragedy mansion Master Simon merry mind mingled monuments morning nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble old English old gentleman once passed Philip poem poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seemed Shakespeare side sketch Sleepy Hollow song sound spirit squire story sweet tender thought tion tomb tower trees village wandering Wassail Wat Tyler Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window Winkle worthy young
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الصفحة 54 - He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe; but even this was singularly metamorphosed. The red coat was changed for one of blue and buff, a sword was held in the hand instead of a sceptre, the head was decorated with a cocked hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON.
الصفحة 48 - ... 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 of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, " Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle ! " He looked...
الصفحة 231 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
الصفحة 401 - ... loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn-field.
الصفحة 378 - 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 313 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
الصفحة 89 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps. And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah '. little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking...
الصفحة 41 - 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. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives far and near as perfect barometers.
الصفحة 49 - As they ascended Rip every now and then heard long rolling peals like distant thunder, that seemed to issue out of a deep ravine or rather cleft between lofty rocks, toward which their rugged path conducted.
الصفحة 44 - Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing.