The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.].G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1880 - 532 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 45
... neighborhood . The great error in Rip's composition was an in- superable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor . It could not be from the want of assiduity or per- severance ; for he would sit on a wet rock , with a rod as long and ...
... neighborhood . The great error in Rip's composition was an in- superable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor . It could not be from the want of assiduity or per- severance ; for he would sit on a wet rock , with a rod as long and ...
الصفحة 46
... neighborhood . His children , too , were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody . His son Rip , an urchin begotten in his own likeness , promised to inherit the habits , with the old clothes of his father . He was generally ...
... neighborhood . His children , too , were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody . His son Rip , an urchin begotten in his own likeness , promised to inherit the habits , with the old clothes of his father . He was generally ...
الصفحة 50
... neighborhood in need of his assistance , he hastened down to yield it . On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance . He was a short square - built old fellow , with thick bushy hair ...
... neighborhood in need of his assistance , he hastened down to yield it . On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance . He was a short square - built old fellow , with thick bushy hair ...
الصفحة 59
... the village , and well versed in all the wonderful events and traditions of the neighborhood . He recollected Rip at once , and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner . He assured the company that it was a RIP VAN WINKLE .
... the village , and well versed in all the wonderful events and traditions of the neighborhood . He recollected Rip at once , and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner . He assured the company that it was a RIP VAN WINKLE .
الصفحة 61
... neighborhood , but knew it by heart . Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it and insisted that Rip had been out of his head , and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty . The old Dutch inhabitants ...
... neighborhood , but knew it by heart . Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it and insisted that Rip had been out of his head , and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty . The old Dutch inhabitants ...
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الصفحة 385 - He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.
الصفحة 363 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
الصفحة 55 - ... 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 halfstarved 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," sighed poor Rip, "has forgotten me!
الصفحة 51 - Their visages, too, were peculiar; one had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all had beards, of various shapes and colors. There was one who seemed to be the commander.
الصفحة 50 - ... surrounded by perpendicular precipices, over the brinks of which impending trees shot their branches, so that you only caught glimpses of the azure sky and the bright evening cloud.
الصفحة 44 - The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood.
الصفحة 55 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
الصفحة 52 - ... whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. " Surely," thought Rip, " I have not slept here all night.
الصفحة 45 - It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
الصفحة 58 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. " What is your name, my good woman ?