Dolph Heyliger: A Story from Bracebridge Hall |
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The captain , with his blind eye and lame leg , would , it is true , bring his strange
dream to mind , and perplex him sadly for a few moments ; but of late , his life had
been made up so much of dreams and realities , his nights and days had been ...
The captain , with his blind eye and lame leg , would , it is true , bring his strange
dream to mind , and perplex him sadly for a few moments ; but of late , his life had
been made up so much of dreams and realities , his nights and days had been ...
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... like a raven in the wilderness , bringing to the inhabitants of a settlement the
comforts of life from the world from which they were cut off , was apt to be present
to their dreams , whether sleeping or waking . The accidental sight from shore , of
...
... like a raven in the wilderness , bringing to the inhabitants of a settlement the
comforts of life from the world from which they were cut off , was apt to be present
to their dreams , whether sleeping or waking . The accidental sight from shore , of
...
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His dreams partook of the nature of his waking thoughts . He fancied that he still
lay gazing on the picture , until , by degrees , it became animated ; that the figure
descended from the wall and walked out of the room ; that he followed it and ...
His dreams partook of the nature of his waking thoughts . He fancied that he still
lay gazing on the picture , until , by degrees , it became animated ; that the figure
descended from the wall and walked out of the room ; that he followed it and ...
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... this is the interpretation of my dream , that this is the way I am to make my
fortune by this voyage to Albany , and that I am to find the old man's hidden
wealth in the bottom of that well ? But what an odd , round - about mode of
communicating ...
... this is the interpretation of my dream , that this is the way I am to make my
fortune by this voyage to Albany , and that I am to find the old man's hidden
wealth in the bottom of that well ? But what an odd , round - about mode of
communicating ...
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He began to think himself a great fool , to be thus decoyed into a wild - goose
chase by mere dreams , and was on the point of throwing line and all into the well
, and giving up all further angling . “ One more cast of the line , ” said he , “ and
that ...
He began to think himself a great fool , to be thus decoyed into a wild - goose
chase by mere dreams , and was on the point of throwing line and all into the well
, and giving up all further angling . “ One more cast of the line , ” said he , “ and
that ...
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الصفحة 113 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky ; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
الصفحة 111 - The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable end, which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were noted for putting the best leg foremost. The house was always furnished with abundance of large doors and small windows on every floor, the date of its erection was curiously...
الصفحة 40 - ... about it ; while beyond, mountain succeeded to mountain, until they seemed to lock their arms together, and confine this mighty river in their embraces. There was a feeling of quiet luxury in gazing at the broad, green bosoms...
الصفحة 66 - Weehawk, and even down as far as Hoboken ; and her appearance was supposed to be ominous of the approaching squall in public affairs, and the downfall of Dutch domination. Since that time, we have no authentic accounts of her; though it is said she still haunts the highlands and cruises about Point-no-point. People who live along the river, insist that they sometimes see her in summer moonlight ; and that in a deep still midnight, they have heard the chant of her crew, as if heaving the lead...
الصفحة 108 - In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws.
الصفحة 68 - Nose ; and that, at such times, the hurry-scurry of the storm was always greatest. One time a sloop, in passing by the Dunderberg, was overtaken by a thunder-gust, that came scouring round the mountain, and seemed to burst just over the vessel. Though tight and well ballasted, yet she laboured dreadfully, until the water came over the gunwale.
الصفحة 60 - The shot seemed absolutely to pass through the ship, and to skip along the water on the other side, but no notice was taken of it ! What was strange, she had all her sails set, and sailed right against wind and tide, which were both down the river. Upon this Hans Van Pelt, who was likewise...
الصفحة 59 - The evening sun gilded her bellying canvas, as she came riding over the long waving billows. The sentinel who had given notice of her approach, declared, that he first got sight of her when she was in the centre of the bay ; and that she broke suddenly on his sight, just as if she had come out of the bosom of the black thunder-cloud.
الصفحة 110 - Yon shadowy bark hath been to that wreck, And the dim blue fire, that lights her deck, Doth play on as pale and livid a crew As ever yet drank the churchyard dew. To...