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... clouds and glorious sunshine , no , never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery . -- But Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be ...
... clouds and glorious sunshine , no , never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery . -- But Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be ...
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... cloud in the horizon , it seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its con- cerns , and had time for meditation before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my view , which contained all that was most dear ...
... cloud in the horizon , it seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its con- cerns , and had time for meditation before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my view , which contained all that was most dear ...
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... clouds just peering above the horizon , fancy them some fairy realms , and people them with a creation of my own ; to watch the gentle , undulat- ing billows , rolling their silver volumes , as if to die away on those happy shores ...
... clouds just peering above the horizon , fancy them some fairy realms , and people them with a creation of my own ; to watch the gentle , undulat- ing billows , rolling their silver volumes , as if to die away on those happy shores ...
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... clouds overhead seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning that quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly terri- ble . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and ...
... clouds overhead seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning that quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly terri- ble . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and ...
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... Ireland , stretching out into the Channel ; the Welsh mountains , towering into the clouds , - all were objects of intense interest . As we sailed up the Mer- sey , 1 I reconnoitered the shores with a telescope THE SKETCH - BOOK . 21.
... Ireland , stretching out into the Channel ; the Welsh mountains , towering into the clouds , - all were objects of intense interest . As we sailed up the Mer- sey , 1 I reconnoitered the shores with a telescope THE SKETCH - BOOK . 21.
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Abbey ancient antique apri Baltus Van Tassel beauty bosom Bracebridge bridge Brom Bones Catskill Mountains chapel Christmas church clouds countenance custom Dame Van Winkle dance deep delight distant door Dutch Edward the Confessor effigy England fancy farmhouse favorite feel festival fire gathered ghost Gislebertus goblin hall hand haunted head heard heart Henry holiday horse Hudson hung Ichabod Crane Irving IRVING'S NOTE Katrina Van Tassel kind land light looked mansion Master Simon merry Mince Pie mind mingled monument morning mountain neighborhood neighboring night observed old English old gentleman parson passed peacock poor Rip Van Winkle round rustic scene season seemed sepulcher ship side Sleepy Hollow sometimes sound specter spirit Squire steed stood story strange Tarrytown Tassel thee tion tomb trees turned village voice Washington Irving wassail whole wild window young
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الصفحة 143 - The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired " on which side he voted ?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, " Whether he was Federal or Democrat...
الصفحة 140 - 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 139 - ... of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another, and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.
الصفحة 147 - ... husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back. As to Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself, seen leaning against the tree, he was employed to work on the farm; but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business.
الصفحة 66 - Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand. March'd boldly up, like our...
الصفحة 114 - It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day ; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory...
الصفحة 132 - ... those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.
الصفحة 138 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement.
الصفحة 143 - 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 bystanders. "A tory! A tory! A spy! A refugee! Hustle him! Away with him!
الصفحة 100 - It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays to take his station in front of the church gallery with a band of chosen singers, where in his own mind he completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation...