Ten Selections from The Sketch-bookAmerican book Company, 1892 - 149 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 26
... custom to ale at their meals . 3 The well - known hymn , " Gloria in Excelsis , " sung by the angels to the shepherds at our Lord's nativity , was the earliest Christmas carol . We next hear of one sung in the thirteenth century . It is ...
... custom to ale at their meals . 3 The well - known hymn , " Gloria in Excelsis , " sung by the angels to the shepherds at our Lord's nativity , was the earliest Christmas carol . We next hear of one sung in the thirteenth century . It is ...
الصفحة 27
... customs . It has completely taken off the sharp touchings and spirited reliefs of these embellishments of life , and has worn down society into a more smooth and polished , but certainly a less characteristic surface . Many of the games ...
... customs . It has completely taken off the sharp touchings and spirited reliefs of these embellishments of life , and has worn down society into a more smooth and polished , but certainly a less characteristic surface . Many of the games ...
الصفحة 28
... custom of New - Year's gifts , with which in these times it is blended . 2 Or wayte , originally a kind of night - watchman who sounded the hours of his watch , and guarded the streets ; later , a musician who sang out of doors at ...
... custom of New - Year's gifts , with which in these times it is blended . 2 Or wayte , originally a kind of night - watchman who sounded the hours of his watch , and guarded the streets ; later , a musician who sang out of doors at ...
الصفحة 37
... custom , but by positive enactment ; and certain games , which at other peri- ceiling ; a smoke - jack1 made its ceaseless clanking ods they were prohibited from engaging in , were allowed at Christmas time . THE SKETCH - BOOK . 37.
... custom , but by positive enactment ; and certain games , which at other peri- ceiling ; a smoke - jack1 made its ceaseless clanking ods they were prohibited from engaging in , were allowed at Christmas time . THE SKETCH - BOOK . 37.
الصفحة 37
... custom , but by positive enactment ; and certain games , which at other peri- - must know , is a bigoted devotee of the ods they were prohibited from engaging in , were allowed at Christmas time . THE SKETCH - BOOK . 37.
... custom , but by positive enactment ; and certain games , which at other peri- - must know , is a bigoted devotee of the ods they were prohibited from engaging in , were allowed at Christmas time . THE SKETCH - BOOK . 37.
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الصفحة 78 - 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. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.
الصفحة 62 - If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.
الصفحة 83 - ... of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another, and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.
الصفحة 83 - 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 87 - ... 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 70 - It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day ; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory...
الصفحة 40 - Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand. March'd boldly up, like our...
الصفحة 79 - ... those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.
الصفحة 20 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
الصفحة 82 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement.