The sketch bookGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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الصفحة viii
... taken place in my a which made the successful exercise of my pen all - important to m begged him , therefore , to look over the literary articles I had forward him , and , if he thought they would bear European republication , to a tain ...
... taken place in my a which made the successful exercise of my pen all - important to m begged him , therefore , to look over the literary articles I had forward him , and , if he thought they would bear European republication , to a tain ...
الصفحة ix
... taken an unwarrantable liberty ; but , somehow or other , there is a genial sunshine about you that warms every creeping thing into heart and confidence . Your literary proposal both surprises and flatters me , as it evinces a much ...
... taken an unwarrantable liberty ; but , somehow or other , there is a genial sunshine about you that warms every creeping thing into heart and confidence . Your literary proposal both surprises and flatters me , as it evinces a much ...
الصفحة xi
... taken special care they should never see any of those things during their earlier years . I think I told you that Walter is sweep- ing the firmament with a feather like a maypole and indenting the pavement with a sword like a scythe ...
... taken special care they should never see any of those things during their earlier years . I think I told you that Walter is sweep- ing the firmament with a feather like a maypole and indenting the pavement with a sword like a scythe ...
الصفحة 11
... their portfolios filled with sketches , I am disposed to get up a few for the entertainment of my friends . When , however , I look over the hints and memorandums I have taken down for the purpose , my THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF . 11.
... their portfolios filled with sketches , I am disposed to get up a few for the entertainment of my friends . When , however , I look over the hints and memorandums I have taken down for the purpose , my THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF . 11.
الصفحة 12
Washington Irving. memorandums I have taken down for the purpose , my heart almost fails me at finding how my idle humor has led me aside from the great objects studied by every regular traveler who would make a book . I fear I shall ...
Washington Irving. memorandums I have taken down for the purpose , my heart almost fails me at finding how my idle humor has led me aside from the great objects studied by every regular traveler who would make a book . I fear I shall ...
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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.