Short Stories, Old and NewCharles Alphonso Smith Ginn, 1916 - 292 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 52
... 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 dis- tance ...
... 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 dis- tance ...
الصفحة 78
... hill , densely wooded from base to pinnacle , and interspersed with huge crags that appeared to lie loosely upon the soil , and in many cases were prevented from precipitating themselves into the valleys below merely by the 78 SHORT ...
... hill , densely wooded from base to pinnacle , and interspersed with huge crags that appeared to lie loosely upon the soil , and in many cases were prevented from precipitating themselves into the valleys below merely by the 78 SHORT ...
الصفحة 79
Charles Alphonso Smith. from precipitating themselves into the valleys below merely by the support of the trees against which they reclined . Deep ravines , in various directions , gave an air of still sterner solem- nity to the scene ...
Charles Alphonso Smith. from precipitating themselves into the valleys below merely by the support of the trees against which they reclined . Deep ravines , in various directions , gave an air of still sterner solem- nity to the scene ...
الصفحة 149
... valley of opportunity . But the Great Stone Face was the measure of their defect rather than the means of their attainment because , unlike Esther and Scrooge and Ernest , they were " disobedient unto the heavenly vision . " ] One ...
... valley of opportunity . But the Great Stone Face was the measure of their defect rather than the means of their attainment because , unlike Esther and Scrooge and Ernest , they were " disobedient unto the heavenly vision . " ] One ...
الصفحة 150
... valley . Others , again , were congregated into populous villages , where some wild , highland rivulet , tumbling down from its birthplace in the upper mountain region , had been caught and tamed by human cunning , and compelled to turn ...
... valley . Others , again , were congregated into populous villages , where some wild , highland rivulet , tumbling down from its birthplace in the upper mountain region , had been caught and tamed by human cunning , and compelled to turn ...
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الصفحة 12 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, I perish.
الصفحة 55 - what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle!" He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean welloiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten.
الصفحة 46 - 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 55 - ... that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling ; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game.
الصفحة 48 - Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among aH the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle.
الصفحة 129 - And your brother, Tiny Tim. And Martha warn't as late last Christmas Day by half an hour." 'Here's Martha, mother,' said a girl, appearing as she spoke. 'Here's Martha, mother!
الصفحة 7 - In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
الصفحة 129 - Well! Never mind so long as you are come," said Mrs. Cratchit. "Sit ye down before the fire, my dear, and have a warm, Lord bless ye!" "No no! There's father coming," cried the two young Cratchits, who were everywhere at once.
الصفحة 285 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him : and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
الصفحة 58 - He entered the house, which to tell the truth, Dame Van Winkle had always kept in neat order. It was empty, forlorn, and apparently abandoned.