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For some time Rip lay musing on this scene ; evening was gradually advancing ;
the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw
that it would be dark long before he could reach the village , and he heaved a ...
For some time Rip lay musing on this scene ; evening was gradually advancing ;
the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw
that it would be dark long before he could reach the village , and he heaved a ...
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Soon after dark they arrived , and gave me a most cordial welcome . Jupiter ,
grinning from ear to ear , bustled about to prepare some marsh - hens for supper .
Legrand was in one of his fits - how else shall I term them ? — of enthusiasm .
Soon after dark they arrived , and gave me a most cordial welcome . Jupiter ,
grinning from ear to ear , bustled about to prepare some marsh - hens for supper .
Legrand was in one of his fits - how else shall I term them ? — of enthusiasm .
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For my own part , I had charge of a couple of dark lanterns , while Legrand
contented himself with the scarabaus , which he carried attached to the end of a
bit of whipcord ; twirling it to and fro , with the air of a conjurer , as he went . When
I ...
For my own part , I had charge of a couple of dark lanterns , while Legrand
contented himself with the scarabaus , which he carried attached to the end of a
bit of whipcord ; twirling it to and fro , with the air of a conjurer , as he went . When
I ...
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Then up with you as soon as possible , for it will soon be too dark to see what we
are about . " “ How far mus go up , massa ? ” inquired Jupiter . “ Get up the main
trunk first , and then I will tell you which way to go — and here — stop ! take this ...
Then up with you as soon as possible , for it will soon be too dark to see what we
are about . " “ How far mus go up , massa ? ” inquired Jupiter . “ Get up the main
trunk first , and then I will tell you which way to go — and here — stop ! take this ...
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66 66 But , ” said I , returning him the slip , “ I am as much in the dark as ever .
Were all the jewels of Golconda awaiting me upon my solution of this enigma , I
am quite sure that I should be unable to earn them . ” “ And yet , ” said Legrand , “
the ...
66 66 But , ” said I , returning him the slip , “ I am as much in the dark as ever .
Were all the jewels of Golconda awaiting me upon my solution of this enigma , I
am quite sure that I should be unable to earn them . ” “ And yet , ” said Legrand , “
the ...
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الصفحة 13 - ... roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed — "My very dog...
الصفحة 233 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
الصفحة 18 - Rip Van Winkle now! Does nobody know poor Rip Van Winkle?" All stood amazed, until an old woman, tottering out from among the crowd, put her hand to her brow, and peering under it in his face for a moment, exclaimed, "Sure enough it is Rip Van Winkle — it is himself! Welcome home again, old neighbour — Why, where have you been these twenty long years?
الصفحة 13 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half -starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it.
الصفحة 78 - I wouldn't mind giving my individual check for fifty thousand francs to any one who could obtain me that letter. The fact is, it is becoming of more and more importance every day; and the reward has been lately doubled. If it were trebled, however, I could do no more than I have done...
الصفحة 190 - ... listening to the man's last words: and when I looked into that face, which had been set as a flint against mercy, I found it smiling with hope." "And do you, then, suppose me such a creature?
الصفحة 16 - 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 xii - A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents — he then combines such events that may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect.
الصفحة 71 - And what, after all, is the matter on hand?" I asked. "Why, I will tell you," replied the Prefect, as he gave a long, steady, and contemplative puff, and settled himself in his chair. "I will tell you...
الصفحة 112 - He had devoted himself, however, too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be weaned from them by any second passion. His love for his young wife might prove the stronger of the two; but it could only be by intertwining itself with his love of science, and uniting the strength of the latter to his own.