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... genius . The happy temper and the strong intellect of Irving ; the joyously indolent man and the arousably brilliant author , are both there . - N . P. Willis . The Academy Series of English Classics IRVING SELECTIONS FROM THE.
... genius . The happy temper and the strong intellect of Irving ; the joyously indolent man and the arousably brilliant author , are both there . - N . P. Willis . The Academy Series of English Classics IRVING SELECTIONS FROM THE.
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... authors read or studied in our schools as models , a list limited and conditioned by the necessity of devoting much time to subjects which , as their admirers seem to think , differ from English literature in this , that they cannot be ...
... authors read or studied in our schools as models , a list limited and conditioned by the necessity of devoting much time to subjects which , as their admirers seem to think , differ from English literature in this , that they cannot be ...
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... authors and works for comparison , may do much . It remains briefly to explain the notes . They are intended to suggest rather than to answer questions of fact ; to guide the pupil in his search for information , rather than to supply ...
... authors and works for comparison , may do much . It remains briefly to explain the notes . They are intended to suggest rather than to answer questions of fact ; to guide the pupil in his search for information , rather than to supply ...
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... AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF THE VOYAGE . THE WIFE • RIP VAN WINKLE SUNDAY IN LONDON · THE ART OF BOOKMAKING THE COUNTRY CHURCH . THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE THE SPECTRe BridegrOOM WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHRISTMAS • THE STAGE COACH CHRISTMAS ...
... AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF THE VOYAGE . THE WIFE • RIP VAN WINKLE SUNDAY IN LONDON · THE ART OF BOOKMAKING THE COUNTRY CHURCH . THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE THE SPECTRe BridegrOOM WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHRISTMAS • THE STAGE COACH CHRISTMAS ...
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... author is aware of the aus- terity with which the writings of his countrymen have hitherto been treated by British critics ; he is conscious , too , that much of the con- tents of his papers can be interesting only in the eyes of ...
... author is aware of the aus- terity with which the writings of his countrymen have hitherto been treated by British critics ; he is conscious , too , that much of the con- tents of his papers can be interesting only in the eyes of ...
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الصفحة 52 - Van Bummel, the schoolmaster?" "He went off to the wars too, was a great militia general, and is now in congress." Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point; — he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van...
الصفحة 42 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
الصفحة 40 - His children, too, were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with the old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off...
الصفحة 54 - 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 Half Moon...
الصفحة 214 - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts
الصفحة 41 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
الصفحة 386 - Some mention was made also of the woman in white, that haunted the dark glen at Raven Rock, and was often heard to shriek on winter nights before a storm, having perished there in the snow. The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite...
الصفحة 50 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
الصفحة 44 - Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!" — at the same time Wolf bristled up his back and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him; he looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one...
الصفحة 43 - ... of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. Here he would sometimes seat himself at the foot of a tree, and share the contents of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he sympathized as a fellow-sufferer in persecution.