The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.]G. P. Putnam, 1849 - 465 من الصفحات This delightful selection of stories and essays was written by Irving under the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.," and was popular both in America and abroad. In Rip Van Winkle, the title character and Catskill native falls asleep before the American Revolution and awakes 20 years later in the newly formed nation, which seems, in many ways, similar to the colonies of old. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells of self-satisfied schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, who is chased out of Sleepy Hollow (and Katrina Van Tassel's embraces) by the headless horseman - and is now rumored to have become a politician. Essay selections focus largely on Irving's observations of England from an American perspective.--Publisher |
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... picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , unfor- tunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy the ...
... picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , unfor- tunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy the ...
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... picture to ourselves some knot of speculators , debating with calculating brow over the quaint binding and illuminated margin of an obsolete author ; of the air of intense , but baffled sagacity , with which some suc- cessful purchaser ...
... picture to ourselves some knot of speculators , debating with calculating brow over the quaint binding and illuminated margin of an obsolete author ; of the air of intense , but baffled sagacity , with which some suc- cessful purchaser ...
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... picture that I could not gainsay , so we walked on in silence . After turning from the main road up a narrow lane , so thickly shaded with forest trees as to give it a complete air of seclusion , we came in sight of the cottage . It was ...
... picture that I could not gainsay , so we walked on in silence . After turning from the main road up a narrow lane , so thickly shaded with forest trees as to give it a complete air of seclusion , we came in sight of the cottage . It was ...
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... picture out with the illusions of their fancies ; but I would cautiously receive his account of his immediate neighbors , and of those nations with which he is in habits of most frequent intercourse . However I might be disposed to ...
... picture out with the illusions of their fancies ; but I would cautiously receive his account of his immediate neighbors , and of those nations with which he is in habits of most frequent intercourse . However I might be disposed to ...
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... pictures in his mind the future landscape . The sterile spot grows into loveliness under his hand ; and yet the operations ... picture . The residence of people of fortune and refinement in the country has diffused a degree of taste and ...
... pictures in his mind the future landscape . The sterile spot grows into loveliness under his hand ; and yet the operations ... picture . The residence of people of fortune and refinement in the country has diffused a degree of taste and ...
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abbey ancient antiquity baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church church-yard cottage countenance custom Dame dark delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy favorite feelings flowers gathered goblin grave green hall hand heard heart horse hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed Shakspeare side sleep Sleepy Hollow sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Wat Tyler Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy Wurtzburg young
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الصفحة 56 - There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair, long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper.
الصفحة 54 - The very village was altered; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared.
الصفحة 46 - 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 93 - He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him.
الصفحة 49 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it ; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee!
الصفحة 45 - He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons.
الصفحة 56 - 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 night-cap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He...
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 47 - Rip's sole domestic adherent was his dog Wolf, who was as much henpecked as his master ; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye as the cause of his master's going so often astray.
الصفحة 57 - Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van 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;...