...Ten Selections from the Sketch-bookAmerican book Company, 1892 - 149 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 56
... parson issued forth , and pre- ceded us . I had expected to see a sleek , well - conditioned pastor , such as is often found in a snug living in the vicinity of a rich patron's table , but I was disappointed . The parson was a little ...
... parson issued forth , and pre- ceded us . I had expected to see a sleek , well - conditioned pastor , such as is often found in a snug living in the vicinity of a rich patron's table , but I was disappointed . The parson was a little ...
الصفحة 57
... parson rebuking the gray - headed sexton for having used mistletoe among the greens with which the church was decorated . It was , he ob- served , an unholy plant , profaned by having been used by the Druids in their mystic ceremonies ...
... parson rebuking the gray - headed sexton for having used mistletoe among the greens with which the church was decorated . It was , he ob- served , an unholy plant , profaned by having been used by the Druids in their mystic ceremonies ...
الصفحة 59
... parson gave us a most erudite sermon on the rites and ceremonies of Christmas , and the propriety of observing it not merely as a day of thanksgiving , but of rejoicing ; supporting the correctness of his opinions by the earliest usages ...
... parson gave us a most erudite sermon on the rites and ceremonies of Christmas , and the propriety of observing it not merely as a day of thanksgiving , but of rejoicing ; supporting the correctness of his opinions by the earliest usages ...
الصفحة 61
... parson , who had joined us , informed me had been handed down from days of yore . The villagers doffed their hats to the Squire as he passed , giving him the good wishes of the season with every appearance of heartfelt sincerity , and ...
... parson , who had joined us , informed me had been handed down from days of yore . The villagers doffed their hats to the Squire as he passed , giving him the good wishes of the season with every appearance of heartfelt sincerity , and ...
الصفحة 68
... parson said grace , which was not a short familiar one , such as is commonly addressed to the Deity in these unceremo- nious days , but a long , courtly , well - worded one of the ancient school . There was now a pause , as if something ...
... parson said grace , which was not a short familiar one , such as is commonly addressed to the Deity in these unceremo- nious days , but a long , courtly , well - worded one of the ancient school . There was now a pause , as if something ...
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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...