The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1J. Murray, 1822 - 393 páginas |
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... observed several of them from time to time inserted in periodical works of merit , and has un- derstood that it was probable they would be republished in a collective form . He has been induced , therefore , to revise and bring them ...
... observed several of them from time to time inserted in periodical works of merit , and has un- derstood that it was probable they would be republished in a collective form . He has been induced , therefore , to revise and bring them ...
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... observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to re- trieve his situation in the world than a ... observations call to mind a little do- mestic story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie , had ...
... observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to re- trieve his situation in the world than a ... observations call to mind a little do- mestic story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie , had ...
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... observed several pots of flowers taste- fully disposed about the door , and on the grass plot in front . A small wicket gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door . Just as we approached , we heard the ...
... observed several pots of flowers taste- fully disposed about the door , and on the grass plot in front . A small wicket gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door . Just as we approached , we heard the ...
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... observed that he was a simple , good - natured man ; he was , moreover , a kind neighbour , and an obedient hen - pecked husband . Indeed , to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such ...
... observed that he was a simple , good - natured man ; he was , moreover , a kind neighbour , and an obedient hen - pecked husband . Indeed , to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such ...
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... observed to smoke his pipe vehemently , and to send forth short , frequent , and angry puffs ; but when pleased , he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly , and emit it in light and placid clouds ; and sometimes , taking the pipe ...
... observed to smoke his pipe vehemently , and to send forth short , frequent , and angry puffs ; but when pleased , he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly , and emit it in light and placid clouds ; and sometimes , taking the pipe ...
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abbey ancient antiquity aunts Baron beauty Boar's Head bosom bride bustling castle chamber charms church cottage countenance Dame Van Winkle deep delight distant door dust earth Eastcheap elegant England English Falstaff fancy feeling flowers friends funeral gaze George Somers Gersau gloomy grave hand heard heart hour humble Jack Straw kind labour lady literary living London Stone looked Maid's Tragedy meditation melancholy ment mind mingled monument mountain nature neighbours never noble Odenwald once passed poem poet poetical poor pride quarto quiet Rip Van Winkle Robert Preston round rural sawtrie scene seat seemed seen sepulchre silent sleep solemn sorrow soul spectre spirit story strange stranger sweet tale tavern tender thing thought tion tomb tower trees turned village wandering Wat Tyler WESTMINSTER ABBEY Westminster School whole wife William Walworth window writers Wurtzburg young
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Página 66 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle ! " At the same time Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him ; he looked anxiously in the same direction, and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be...
Página 277 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Página 79 - 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 humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but merely came there in search of some of his neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. "Well — who...
Página 54 - 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.
Página 54 - 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.
Página 55 - In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.
Página 51 - CARTWRIGHT. [The following Tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its primitive settlers. His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books as among men; for the former are lamentably scanty on his favorite topics; whereas he found the old burghers, and still more their wives, rich in that legendary lore, so invaluable to true...
Página 237 - Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, on Wednesday, in Whitsun week, when the prince broke thy head for liking his father to a singing-man of Windsor ; thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me, and make me my lady, thy wife.
Página 280 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Página 81 - 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 1 '