The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentGeorge P. Putnam, 1850 - 465 من الصفحات |
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... there is a continuity of scene , and a connected succession of persons and incidents , that carry on the story of life , and lessen the effect of absence and separation . We drag , it is true , " a lengthening chain Page THE VOYAGE,
... there is a continuity of scene , and a connected succession of persons and incidents , that carry on the story of life , and lessen the effect of absence and separation . We drag , it is true , " a lengthening chain Page THE VOYAGE,
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... story of their end . What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress , the wife , the mother , pored over the daily news , to catch some casual ...
... story of their end . What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress , the wife , the mother , pored over the daily news , to catch some casual ...
الصفحة 17
... stories , for a time , put an end to all my fine fancies . The storm increased with the night . The sea was lashed into tremendous confusion . There was a fearful , sullen sound of rushing waves , and broken surges . Deep called unto ...
... stories , for a time , put an end to all my fine fancies . The storm increased with the night . The sea was lashed into tremendous confusion . There was a fearful , sullen sound of rushing waves , and broken surges . Deep called unto ...
الصفحة 26
... some suc- cessful purchaser attempted to dive into the black - letter bargain he had secured . It is a beautiful incident in the story of Mr. Roscoe's mis- fortunes , and one which cannot fail to interest the 2 € THE SKETCH BOOK .
... some suc- cessful purchaser attempted to dive into the black - letter bargain he had secured . It is a beautiful incident in the story of Mr. Roscoe's mis- fortunes , and one which cannot fail to interest the 2 € THE SKETCH BOOK .
الصفحة 32
... story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie , had married a beautiful and accomplished girl , who had been brought up in the midst of fashionable life . She had , it is true , no for- tune , but that of my friend ...
... story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie , had married a beautiful and accomplished girl , who had been brought up in the midst of fashionable life . She had , it is true , no for- tune , but that of my friend ...
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الصفحة 178 - Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth.
الصفحة 43 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky ; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
الصفحة 52 - 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 423 - Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days.
الصفحة 238 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
الصفحة 60 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain; and that he himself had heard, one summer afternoon, the sound of their balls, like distant peals of thunder.
الصفحة 43 - 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 57 - Alas! gentlemen," cried Rip, somewhat dismayed, "I am a poor, quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!" Here a general shout burst from the by-standers: "A Tory! a Tory! a spy! a refugee! hustle him! away with him!" It was with great difficulty that the selfimportant 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...
الصفحة 433 - Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman.
الصفحة 93 - 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.