The Works of Washington Irving, المجلد 2G. P. Putnam, 1853 |
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الصفحة viii
... nature of it which would enable me to make those satisfactory accounts between us , without which I really feel no satisfaction in engaging - but I will do all I can to promote their circulation , and shall be most ready to attend to ...
... nature of it which would enable me to make those satisfactory accounts between us , without which I really feel no satisfaction in engaging - but I will do all I can to promote their circulation , and shall be most ready to attend to ...
الصفحة ix
... nature , he had already devised a way of aiding me . A weekly periodical , he went on to inform me , was about to be set up in Edinburgh , supported by the most respectable talents , and amply furnished with all the necessary ...
... nature , he had already devised a way of aiding me . A weekly periodical , he went on to inform me , was about to be set up in Edinburgh , supported by the most respectable talents , and amply furnished with all the necessary ...
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... nature been more prodigally lavished . Her mighty lakes , like oceans of liquid silver ; her mountains , with their ... natural scenery . But Europe held forth the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be seen the ...
... nature been more prodigally lavished . Her mighty lakes , like oceans of liquid silver ; her mountains , with their ... natural scenery . But Europe held forth the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be seen the ...
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... nature been more prodigally lavished . Her mighty lakes , like oceans of liquid silver ; her mountains , with their ... natural scenery . But Europe held forth the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be seen the ...
... nature been more prodigally lavished . Her mighty lakes , like oceans of liquid silver ; her mountains , with their ... natural scenery . But Europe held forth the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be seen the ...
الصفحة 15
... nature seemed to have thrown an insurmountable barrier . We one day descried some shapeless object drifting at a dis- tance . At sea , every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention . It proved to be ...
... nature seemed to have thrown an insurmountable barrier . We one day descried some shapeless object drifting at a dis- tance . At sea , every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention . It proved to be ...
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الصفحة 47 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes. It was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip. "I have not slept here all night.
الصفحة 54 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman ? " asked he.
الصفحة 45 - He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one of the neighborhood in need of his assistance, he hastened down to yield it. On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
الصفحة 50 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay — the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog, that looked like "Wolf, was skulking about it. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. —
الصفحة 219 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
الصفحة 55 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. He assured the company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson," the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Halfmoon...
الصفحة 53 - Nicholas Vedder ! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years ! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
الصفحة 51 - 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 nightcap...
الصفحة 38 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great 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.
الصفحة 300 - 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.