The sketch bookGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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الصفحة 88
... tomb , and none can tell the cause that blighted their loveliness ! As the dove will clasp its wings to its side , and cover and conceal the arrow that is preying on its vitals , so is it the nature of woman to hide from the world the ...
... tomb , and none can tell the cause that blighted their loveliness ! As the dove will clasp its wings to its side , and cover and conceal the arrow that is preying on its vitals , so is it the nature of woman to hide from the world the ...
الصفحة 90
... Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth - who have sat at its threshold , as one shut out in a cold and lonely world , whence all that 90 THE SKETCH BOOK . 30.
... Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth - who have sat at its threshold , as one shut out in a cold and lonely world , whence all that 90 THE SKETCH BOOK . 30.
الصفحة 123
... tombs of knights , and high - born dames , of gorgeous workmanship , with their effigies in colored marble . On every side the eye was struck with some instance of aspiring mortality ; some haughty memorial which human pride had erected ...
... tombs of knights , and high - born dames , of gorgeous workmanship , with their effigies in colored marble . On every side the eye was struck with some instance of aspiring mortality ; some haughty memorial which human pride had erected ...
الصفحة 150
... tombs of many fishmongers of renown ; and as every profession has its galaxy of glory , and its constellation of great men ... tomb of Virgil , or soldiers the monument of a Marlborough or Turenne . I cannot but turn aside , while thus ...
... tombs of many fishmongers of renown ; and as every profession has its galaxy of glory , and its constellation of great men ... tomb of Virgil , or soldiers the monument of a Marlborough or Turenne . I cannot but turn aside , while thus ...
الصفحة 159
... tombs echo with their merriment . I sought to take refuge from their noise by penetrating still deeper into the soli- tudes of the pile , and applied to one of the vergers for admission to the library . He conducted me through a portal ...
... tombs echo with their merriment . I sought to take refuge from their noise by penetrating still deeper into the soli- tudes of the pile , and applied to one of the vergers for admission to the library . He conducted me through a portal ...
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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.