Essays from the Sketch BookHoughton Mifflin Company, 1891 |
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... mind and taste were formed , and there was a marked difference between the Boston and Philadelphia of Frank- lin's ... minds of these young writers was that portion of New York society which might be construed into a miniature reflection ...
... mind and taste were formed , and there was a marked difference between the Boston and Philadelphia of Frank- lin's ... minds of these young writers was that portion of New York society which might be construed into a miniature reflection ...
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... mind capa- ble of larger things . After five or six years of trifling with his pen , he wrote and published , in 1809 , A History of New York , by Diedrich Knickerbocker , which he be- gan in company with his brother Peter as a mere jeu ...
... mind capa- ble of larger things . After five or six years of trifling with his pen , he wrote and published , in 1809 , A History of New York , by Diedrich Knickerbocker , which he be- gan in company with his brother Peter as a mere jeu ...
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... mind , so that Rip Van Winkle has passed into familiar speech , and allusions to him are clearly understood by thousands who have never read Irving's story . The recent dramatizing of the story , though following the out- line only ...
... mind , so that Rip Van Winkle has passed into familiar speech , and allusions to him are clearly understood by thousands who have never read Irving's story . The recent dramatizing of the story , though following the out- line only ...
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... mind , as admirable for its exquisite perception of the beautiful as it is for its quick sense of the ridiculous , wast- ing the richness of its fancy on an ungrateful theme , and its exuberant humor in a coarse caricature . " Irving ...
... mind , as admirable for its exquisite perception of the beautiful as it is for its quick sense of the ridiculous , wast- ing the richness of its fancy on an ungrateful theme , and its exuberant humor in a coarse caricature . " Irving ...
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... mind , my lad , whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee ! " Wolf would wag his tail , look wistfully in his master's face , and if dogs can feel pity I verily believe he recipro- cated the sentiment with all his ...
... mind , my lad , whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee ! " Wolf would wag his tail , look wistfully in his master's face , and if dogs can feel pity I verily believe he recipro- cated the sentiment with all his ...
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الصفحة 24 - Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in the village. "Alas! gentlemen...
الصفحة 13 - 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 26 - Vanderdonk. 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 12 - ... of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than...
الصفحة 19 - 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 11 - The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood.
الصفحة 11 - It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
الصفحة 22 - 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 28 - ... this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder-storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins ; and it is a common wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon.
الصفحة 9 - 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.