Rip Van Winkle and Other SketchesRip Van Winkle -- The wife -- The broken heart -- Art of book-making -- The widow and her son -- Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap -- Mutability of literature -- Rural funerals -- The spectre bridegroom -- Westminster Abbey -- Stratford-on-Avon -- John Bull -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow. |
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الصفحة 70
Every writer considers it his bounden duty to light up some portion of his
character or works , and to rescue some merit from oblivion . The commentator ,
opulent in words , produces vast tomes of dissertations ; the common herd of
editors send ...
Every writer considers it his bounden duty to light up some portion of his
character or works , and to rescue some merit from oblivion . The commentator ,
opulent in words , produces vast tomes of dissertations ; the common herd of
editors send ...
الصفحة 71
Who knows but I may light upon some legendary traces of Dame Quickly and her
guests ; at any rate , there will be a kindred pleasure in treading the halls once
vocal with their mirth , to that the toper AND OTHER SKETCHES . 71.
Who knows but I may light upon some legendary traces of Dame Quickly and her
guests ; at any rate , there will be a kindred pleasure in treading the halls once
vocal with their mirth , to that the toper AND OTHER SKETCHES . 71.
الصفحة 73
She could throw no light upon the history of the Boar's Head , from the time that
Dame Quickly espoused the valiant Pistol until the great fire of London , when it
was unfortunately burned down . It was soon rebuilt , and continued to flourish ...
She could throw no light upon the history of the Boar's Head , from the time that
Dame Quickly espoused the valiant Pistol until the great fire of London , when it
was unfortunately burned down . It was soon rebuilt , and continued to flourish ...
الصفحة 78
Thus far my researches , though they threw much light on the history of tapsters ,
fishmongers , and lord mayors , yet disappointed me in the great object of my
quest , the picture of the Boar's Head Tavern . No such painting was to be found
in ...
Thus far my researches , though they threw much light on the history of tapsters ,
fishmongers , and lord mayors , yet disappointed me in the great object of my
quest , the picture of the Boar's Head Tavern . No such painting was to be found
in ...
الصفحة 79
We entered the bar - room , which was narrow and darkling ; for in these close
lanes but few rays of reflected light are enabled to struggle down to the
inhabitants , whose broad day is at best but a tolerable twilight . The room was
partitioned ...
We entered the bar - room , which was narrow and darkling ; for in these close
lanes but few rays of reflected light are enabled to struggle down to the
inhabitants , whose broad day is at best but a tolerable twilight . The room was
partitioned ...
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affection ancient appearance authors Baron beautiful become bosom brought called carried castle church close continually Dame dark deep delight distant door doubt Dutch earth entered everything face fancied fear feelings flowers give grave hall hand haunted head hear heard heart Hollow hour Ichabod John keep kind lady light living looked ment mentioned mind monuments mountain nature neighborhood neighboring never night observed once passed poet poor present remains returned rich round scene seated seemed seen Shakespeare short side sleep sometimes soon sorrow soul sound spirit stands steps stood story sweet taken tell tender thought tion told tomb tree true turn village voice walls whole wild Winkle writers young
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الصفحة 23 - Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, "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 16 - 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 23 - Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war— congress— Stony Point— he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle?" "Oh, Rip Van Winkle!" exclaimed two or three, "Oh, to be sure! that's Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against...
الصفحة 27 - Rip now resumed his old walks and habits ; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time...
الصفحة 26 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. He assured the company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor, the historian, that the Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Halfmoon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and...
الصفحة 7 - 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...
الصفحة 25 - 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?
الصفحة 48 - ... SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND. SHE is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her sighing ; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
الصفحة 22 - Alas! gentlemen," cried Rip, somewhat dismayed, " I am a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!" Here a general shout burst from the bystanders — "A tory! a tory! a spy! a refugee! hustle him ! away with him !" It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order ; and having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit, what he came there for, and whom he was seeking. The poor man...
الصفحة 12 - When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs, but when pleased, he would...
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | Rip Van Winkle and Other Sketches Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| المؤلف | Washington Irving |
| الناشر | Useful Knowledge Publishing Company, 1882 |
| أصلي من | مكتبة نيويورك العامة |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 8 تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2006 |
| عدد الصفحات | 240 من الصفحات |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |