The sketch bookGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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... worthy bookseller failed before the first month was over , and the sale was interrupted . At this juncture Scott arrived in London . I called to him for help , as I was sticking in the mire , and , more propitious than Hercules , he put ...
... worthy bookseller failed before the first month was over , and the sale was interrupted . At this juncture Scott arrived in London . I called to him for help , as I was sticking in the mire , and , more propitious than Hercules , he put ...
الصفحة 23
... man's reach , but which , unfor- tunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature ROSCOE .
... man's reach , but which , unfor- tunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature ROSCOE .
الصفحة 25
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity ; with antiquity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future renown ...
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity ; with antiquity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future renown ...
الصفحة 68
... relations . Nay , they will even make these apocryphal volumes text - books , on which to enlarge with a zeal and an ability worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome 68 THE SKETCH BOOK .
... relations . Nay , they will even make these apocryphal volumes text - books , on which to enlarge with a zeal and an ability worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome 68 THE SKETCH BOOK .
الصفحة 74
... worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most analogous to ours . manners of her people - their intellectual activity - their freedom The of opinion - their habits of thinking on those subjects 74 THE SKETCH ...
... worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most analogous to ours . manners of her people - their intellectual activity - their freedom The of opinion - their habits of thinking on those subjects 74 THE SKETCH ...
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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.