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الصفحة ix
... playing along the wharves amid the ship ping of all nations , and making voyages in a sloop up the Hudson River . To his lasting regret in later life he did not avail himself of the chance of entering Columbia College , where his two ...
... playing along the wharves amid the ship ping of all nations , and making voyages in a sloop up the Hudson River . To his lasting regret in later life he did not avail himself of the chance of entering Columbia College , where his two ...
الصفحة xv
... plays . We discover not only brief tales which are the forerunners of our latter - day short stories and character sketches ; but we remark also the series of papers , published at irregular intervals , outlin- ing the career and the ...
... plays . We discover not only brief tales which are the forerunners of our latter - day short stories and character sketches ; but we remark also the series of papers , published at irregular intervals , outlin- ing the career and the ...
الصفحة xvii
... play the fiddle and French horn . " 1 To the first number there was prefixed a prospectus , which the author did not reprint when he collected his sketches into a book , -probably because the success of the work was then already assured ...
... play the fiddle and French horn . " 1 To the first number there was prefixed a prospectus , which the author did not reprint when he collected his sketches into a book , -probably because the success of the work was then already assured ...
الصفحة 1
... of other men's fortunes and adventures , and how they play their parts ; which , methinks , are diversely presented unto me , as from a common theatre or scene . " - BURton . PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION THE following papers , with.
... of other men's fortunes and adventures , and how they play their parts ; which , methinks , are diversely presented unto me , as from a common theatre or scene . " - BURton . PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION THE following papers , with.
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... playing the egotist , but I know no better way of answering your proposal than by showing what a very good - for - nothing kind of being I am . Should Mr. Con- stable feel inclined to make a bargain for the wares I have on hand , he ...
... playing the egotist , but I know no better way of answering your proposal than by showing what a very good - for - nothing kind of being I am . Should Mr. Con- stable feel inclined to make a bargain for the wares I have on hand , he ...
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الصفحة 292 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
الصفحة 51 - A Tory ! a Tory ! a spy ! a refugee ! hustle him ! away with him !" It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order ; and, having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit what he came there for, and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but m'erely came there in search of some of his neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. " Well — who are they ?— name them.
الصفحة 50 - Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper. In place of these, a lean, bilious-looking fellow, with his pockets full of handbills, was haranguing vehemently about rights of citizens — elections — members of Congress — liberty — Bunker's Hill — heroes of seventy-six — and other words, which were a perfect Babylonish jargon to the...
الصفحة 52 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
الصفحة 44 - ... of buttons down the sides and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.
الصفحة 45 - 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 48 - ... in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
الصفحة 40 - The women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible.
الصفحة 305 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look: A soul that pity touch'd but never shook: Train'd from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear — A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.
الصفحة 157 - ... then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory and knocking dolefully at thy soul — then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on the grave, and utter the unheard groan, and pour the unavailing tear ; more deep, more bitter, because unheard and unavailing.