The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2J. Murray, 1820 - 419 páginas |
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Página 57
... humour without molestation . Being representative of the oldest family in the neigh- bourhood , and a great part of the peasantry be- ing his tenants , he is much looked up to , and , in general , is known simply by the appellation of ...
... humour without molestation . Being representative of the oldest family in the neigh- bourhood , and a great part of the peasantry be- ing his tenants , he is much looked up to , and , in general , is known simply by the appellation of ...
Página 71
... humour in respect to old times , and by having a scrap of an old song to suit every occasion . We had presently a specimen of his last - mentioned talent , for no sooner was supper removed , and spiced wines and other beverages peculiar ...
... humour in respect to old times , and by having a scrap of an old song to suit every occasion . We had presently a specimen of his last - mentioned talent , for no sooner was supper removed , and spiced wines and other beverages peculiar ...
Página 102
... humour in these hard times would be for the nobility and gentry to pass more time on their estates , min- gle more among the country people , and set the merry old English games going again . " Such was the good Squire's project for ...
... humour in these hard times would be for the nobility and gentry to pass more time on their estates , min- gle more among the country people , and set the merry old English games going again . " Such was the good Squire's project for ...
Página 121
... humour did but season , in a manner , the sweetness of his philanthropy . When the ladies had retired , the conversa- tion , as usual , became still more animated ; many good things were broached which had been thought of during dinner ...
... humour did but season , in a manner , the sweetness of his philanthropy . When the ladies had retired , the conversa- tion , as usual , became still more animated ; many good things were broached which had been thought of during dinner ...
Página 123
... humour as a grasshopper filled with dew ; his old songs grew of a warmer com- plexion , and he began to talk maudlin about the widow . He even gave a long song about the wooing of a widow , which he informed me he had gathered from an ...
... humour as a grasshopper filled with dew ; his old songs grew of a warmer com- plexion , and he began to talk maudlin about the widow . He even gave a long song about the wooing of a widow , which he informed me he had gathered from an ...
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Página 60 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Página 108 - Just in the 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 train'd band, Presented, and away.
Página 348 - It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.
Página 378 - Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.
Página 75 - Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Página 356 - ... and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating. He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest, and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one knee and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together.
Página 213 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 367 - It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river.
Página 19 - I could only hear, now and then, the distant voice of the priest repeating the evening service, and the faint responses of the choir ; these paused for a time, and all was hushed. The stillness, the desertion and obscurity that were gradually prevailing around, gave a deeper and more solemn interest to the place : For in the silent grave no conversation.
Página 374 - Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza...