Rip Van Winkle, and Other SketchesUseful knowledge publishing Company, 1882 - 240 من الصفحات |
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... neighboring poor had joined the train , and some children of the village were running hand in hand , now shouting with unthinking mirth , and now paus- ing to gaze with childish curiosity on the grief of the mourner . As the funeral ...
... neighboring poor had joined the train , and some children of the village were running hand in hand , now shouting with unthinking mirth , and now paus- ing to gaze with childish curiosity on the grief of the mourner . As the funeral ...
الصفحة 64
... neighboring river . He had not been long in this employ when he was entrapped by a press - gang , and carried off to sea . His parents received tidings of his seizure , but beyond that they could learn noth- ing . It was the loss of ...
... neighboring river . He had not been long in this employ when he was entrapped by a press - gang , and carried off to sea . His parents received tidings of his seizure , but beyond that they could learn noth- ing . It was the loss of ...
الصفحة 118
... neighboring coun- try . The 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 ...
... neighboring coun- try . The 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 ...
الصفحة 125
... neighboring convent , who was famous for his skill in administering to both soul and body . But half of his skill was superflu- ous ; the moments of the unfortunate Count were numbered . With his dying breath he entreated his friend to ...
... neighboring convent , who was famous for his skill in administering to both soul and body . But half of his skill was superflu- ous ; the moments of the unfortunate Count were numbered . With his dying breath he entreated his friend to ...
الصفحة 140
... neighboring tombs . The approach to the abbey through these gloomy monastic remains prepares the mind for its solemn contemplation . The cloister still retains something of the quiet and seclusion of former days . The gray walls are ...
... neighboring tombs . The approach to the abbey through these gloomy monastic remains prepares the mind for its solemn contemplation . The cloister still retains something of the quiet and seclusion of former days . The gray walls are ...
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abbey ancient aunts Baltus Van Tassel Baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom breath Brom Bones buried burst castle chamber Charlecot church churchyard Dame Van Winkle dark delight distant door Dutch earth Eastcheap Falstaff fancied feelings flowers funeral gaze gentleman ghost goblin grave hand haunted hear heard heart hour Ichabod Ichabod Crane Jack Straw John Bull kind lady living looked Lucy Maid's Tragedy mansion melancholy ment mind moldering monuments mountain nature neighborhood neighboring never night once passed poet poor pride recollection Rip Van Winkle Robert Preston round scene seated seemed seen sepulcher sexton Shakespeare side silent sleep Sleepy Hollow solemn sorrow soul sound specter spirit steed stood story strange Stratford sweet tale tavern tender Thomas Lucy thought tion told tomb tree turn village voice Wat Tyler whole wild William Walworth Wurtzburg
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الصفحة 23 - Nicholas Vedder?" 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 16 - Their visages, too, were peculiar; one had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all had beards, of various shapes and colors. There was one who seemed to be the commander.
الصفحة 23 - Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war— congress— Stony Point— he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle?" "Oh, Rip Van Winkle!" exclaimed two or three, "Oh, to be sure! that's Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against...
الصفحة 27 - Rip now resumed his old walks and habits ; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time...
الصفحة 26 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story 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 Halfmoon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and...
الصفحة 7 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky ; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of...
الصفحة 25 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
الصفحة 48 - ... SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND. SHE is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her sighing ; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
الصفحة 22 - 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 !" 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...
الصفحة 12 - When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs, but when pleased, he would...