The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentCarey & Lea, 1834 |
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... Baron Von Landshort . It is now quite fallen to decay , and almost buried among beech trees and dark firs ; above which , however , its old watch - tower may * The erudite reader , well versed in good - for - nothing lore , will ...
... Baron Von Landshort . It is now quite fallen to decay , and almost buried among beech trees and dark firs ; above which , however , its old watch - tower may * The erudite reader , well versed in good - for - nothing lore , will ...
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... Baron was a dry branch of the great family of Katzenellenbogen * , and inherited the relics of the property , and all the pride of his ancestors . Though the warlike disposition of his predecessors had much impaired the family ...
... Baron was a dry branch of the great family of Katzenellenbogen * , and inherited the relics of the property , and all the pride of his ancestors . Though the warlike disposition of his predecessors had much impaired the family ...
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Washington Irving. was with the daughter of the Baron . All the nurses , gossips , and country cousins , assured her father that she had not her equal for beauty in all Germany ; and who should know better than they ? She had , moreover ...
Washington Irving. was with the daughter of the Baron . All the nurses , gossips , and country cousins , assured her father that she had not her equal for beauty in all Germany ; and who should know better than they ? She had , moreover ...
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... all the other young ladies in the world might go astray , yet , thank Heaven , nothing of the kind could happen to the heiress of Katzenellenbogen . But , however scantily the Baron Von Land- short might 254 THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM .
... all the other young ladies in the world might go astray , yet , thank Heaven , nothing of the kind could happen to the heiress of Katzenellenbogen . But , however scantily the Baron Von Land- short might 254 THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM .
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... Baron , and took every possible occasion to come in swarms and enliven the castle . All family festivals were com- memorated by these good people at the Baron's expense ; and when they were filled with good cheer , they would declare ...
... Baron , and took every possible occasion to come in swarms and enliven the castle . All family festivals were com- memorated by these good people at the Baron's expense ; and when they were filled with good cheer , they would declare ...
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الصفحة 115 - 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 64 - A tory! A tory! A spy! A refugee! Hustle him! Away with him!" It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order; and, having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit, what he came there for and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but merely came there in search of some of his neighbors who used to keep about the tavern. "Well, who are they? Name them.
الصفحة 49 - ... until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighborhood. 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...
الصفحة 65 - There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
الصفحة 45 - 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 240 - ... if thou art a lover, and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet ; then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knocking dolefully at thy soul...
الصفحة 60 - He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
الصفحة 51 - Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial.
الصفحة 71 - 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 60 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? The morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward.