The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentG. P. Putnam, 1849 - Всего страниц: 465 |
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... earth . We have , it is true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of them . I have mingled among them in my time , and been almost withered by the shade into which they cast me ; for there is nothing so baleful ...
... earth . We have , it is true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of them . I have mingled among them in my time , and been almost withered by the shade into which they cast me ; for there is nothing so baleful ...
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... earth ; and of those wild phantasms that swell the tales of fishermen and sailors . Sometimes a distant sail , gliding along the edge of the ocean , would be another theme of idle speculation . How interesting this fragment of a world ...
... earth ; and of those wild phantasms that swell the tales of fishermen and sailors . Sometimes a distant sail , gliding along the edge of the ocean , would be another theme of idle speculation . How interesting this fragment of a world ...
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... earth ; with whose minds I have communed even in the solitudes of America . Ac- customed , as we are in our country , to know European writers only by their works , we cannot conceive of them , as of other men , engrossed by trivial or ...
... earth ; with whose minds I have communed even in the solitudes of America . Ac- customed , as we are in our country , to know European writers only by their works , we cannot conceive of them , as of other men , engrossed by trivial or ...
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... all your sacred fellowship restore : When , freed from earth , unlimited its powers , Mind shall with mind direct communion hold , And kindred spirits meet to part no more . THE WIFE . The treasures of the deep are not ROSCOE . 29.
... all your sacred fellowship restore : When , freed from earth , unlimited its powers , Mind shall with mind direct communion hold , And kindred spirits meet to part no more . THE WIFE . The treasures of the deep are not ROSCOE . 29.
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... earth , by telling her that her husband is a beggar ! that she is to forego all the elegancies of life - all the pleasures of society - to shrink with me into indigence and obscurity ! To tell her that I have dragged her down from the ...
... earth , by telling her that her husband is a beggar ! that she is to forego all the elegancies of life - all the pleasures of society - to shrink with me into indigence and obscurity ! To tell her that I have dragged her down from the ...
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Стр. 419 - IN the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail, and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small...
Стр. 49 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live, thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee!" Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
Стр. 47 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Стр. 43 - 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.
Стр. 59 - 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 ? " asked he.
Стр. 54 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.
Стр. 93 - He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him.
Стр. 45 - The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he I was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's...
Стр. 93 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps. And lovers around her are sighing : But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps. For her heart in his grave is lying.
Стр. 58 - 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 church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.