The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentPutman, 1868 - 507 من الصفحات |
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... darkness doubly terrible . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and prolonged by the mountain - waves . As I saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns , it seemed miraculous that ...
... darkness doubly terrible . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and prolonged by the mountain - waves . As I saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns , it seemed miraculous that ...
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... dark- ness and humiliation , yet there is still a little world of love at home , of which he is the mon- arch . Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self - neglect , to fancy himself lonely and abandoned , and his heart to ...
... dark- ness and humiliation , yet there is still a little world of love at home , of which he is the mon- arch . Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self - neglect , to fancy himself lonely and abandoned , and his heart to ...
الصفحة 43
... dark hour of ad- versity . No man knows what the wife of his bosom is no man knows what a ministering angel she is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world . ” - I There was something in the earnestness of my ...
... dark hour of ad- versity . No man knows what the wife of his bosom is no man knows what a ministering angel she is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world . ” - I There was something in the earnestness of my ...
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... dark long before he could reach the vil- lage , and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought f 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 ...
... dark long before he could reach the vil- lage , and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought f 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 ...
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... dark and dingy quarters of the city , the drawing - room window resembles frequently a bank of flowers ; every spot capable of vegeta- tion has its grass - plot and flower - bed ; and every square its mimic park , laid out with ...
... dark and dingy quarters of the city , the drawing - room window resembles frequently a bank of flowers ; every spot capable of vegeta- tion has its grass - plot and flower - bed ; and every square its mimic park , laid out with ...
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الصفحة 66 - The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired "on which side he voted?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, "Whether he was Federal or Democrat?
الصفحة 242 - What then is to insure this pile which now towers above me from sharing the fate of mightier mausoleums? The time must come when its gilded vaults, which now spring so loftily, shall lie in rubbish beneath the feet ; when, instead of the sound of melody and praise, the...
الصفحة 60 - ... countenances, that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game. By degrees, Rip's awe and apprehension subsided. He even ventured, when no eye was fixed upon him, to taste the beverage, which he found had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands.
الصفحة 456 - Sundays to take his station in front of the church gallery with a band of chosen singers, where in his own mind he completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane....
الصفحة 63 - The very village was altered : it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared.
الصفحة 249 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
الصفحة 462 - ... eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and others swelling, and cooing, and bowing about their dames, were enjoying the sunshine on the roof. Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens; whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond...
الصفحة 50 - 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.
الصفحة 476 - ... state parlor of Van Tassel's mansion. Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses, with their luxurious display of red and white ; but the ample charms of a genuine Dutch country tea-table, in the sumptuous time of autumn.
الصفحة 68 - The bystanders began now to look at each other, nod, wink significantly, and tap their fingers against their foreheads. There was a whisper also about securing the gun, and keeping the old fellow from doing mischief, at the very suggestion of which the self-important man in the cocked hat retired with some precipitation.