The sketch bookGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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... scene . " - Burton . THE AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION . COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME . NEW - YORK : GEORGE P. PUTNAM , 155 BROADWAY , And 142 Strand , London . MARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY BEQUEST OF ARTHUR STUART WALCOTT JUNE 1. 1849 .
... scene . " - Burton . THE AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION . COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME . NEW - YORK : GEORGE P. PUTNAM , 155 BROADWAY , And 142 Strand , London . MARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY BEQUEST OF ARTHUR STUART WALCOTT JUNE 1. 1849 .
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... scenes , and observing strange characters and manners . Even when a mere child I began my travels , and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city , to the frequent alarm of my parents , and ...
... scenes , and observing strange characters and manners . Even when a mere child I began my travels , and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city , to the frequent alarm of my parents , and ...
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... scenes of renowned achievement - to tread , as it were , in the foot- steps of antiquity - to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of the present ...
... scenes of renowned achievement - to tread , as it were , in the foot- steps of antiquity - to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of the present ...
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... scenes of life . I cannot say that I have studied them with the eye of a philosopher ; but rather with the sauntering gaze with which humble lovers of the picturesque stroll from the window of one print - shop to another ; caught ...
... scenes of life . I cannot say that I have studied them with the eye of a philosopher ; but rather with the sauntering gaze with which humble lovers of the picturesque stroll from the window of one print - shop to another ; caught ...
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... scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions . The vast space of ... scene , and a connected succession of persons and incidents , that carry on the story of life , and lessen the ...
... scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions . The vast space of ... scene , and a connected succession of persons and incidents , that carry on the story of life , and lessen the ...
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الصفحة 252 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
الصفحة 49 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it ; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee !" Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
الصفحة 156 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife.
الصفحة 61 - Rip's daughter took him home to live with her; she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout, cheery farmer for a 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 51 - ... like distant thunder, that seemed to issue out of a deep ravine, or rather cleft, between lofty rocks, toward which their rugged path conducted. He paused for an instant, but supposing it to be the muttering of one of those transient thundershowers which often take place in mountain heights, he proceeded.
الصفحة 55 - 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 180 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
الصفحة 49 - ... cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. 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 heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!
الصفحة 58 - 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 43 - 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.