The Beauties of Washington IrvingLea & Blanchard... for George W. Gordon, 1839 - 349 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 46
... looked out upon some of the goodliest scenes of the mighty Hudson . The sun gradually wheeled his broad disk down into the west . The wide bosom of the Tappean Zee lay motionless and glassy , excepting that here and there a 46 BEAUTIES OF.
... looked out upon some of the goodliest scenes of the mighty Hudson . The sun gradually wheeled his broad disk down into the west . The wide bosom of the Tappean Zee lay motionless and glassy , excepting that here and there a 46 BEAUTIES OF.
Σελίδα 54
... mighty dish , in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea , or our Indians spear sal- mon on the lakes . Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple pies , or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears ; but it ...
... mighty dish , in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea , or our Indians spear sal- mon on the lakes . Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple pies , or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears ; but it ...
Σελίδα 59
... mighty tortoise , and a mighty snake ; and Bistnoo placed the snake erect upon the back of the tortoise , and he placed the earth upon . the head of the snake . * The negro philosophers of Congo affirm , that the world was made by the ...
... mighty tortoise , and a mighty snake ; and Bistnoo placed the snake erect upon the back of the tortoise , and he placed the earth upon . the head of the snake . * The negro philosophers of Congo affirm , that the world was made by the ...
Σελίδα 62
... mighty concussion ; another , more moderate , makes his comet a kind of beast of burden , carrying the sun a regular supply of food and fagots ; a third , of more combustible disposition , threatens to throw his comet , like a bombshell ...
... mighty concussion ; another , more moderate , makes his comet a kind of beast of burden , carrying the sun a regular supply of food and fagots ; a third , of more combustible disposition , threatens to throw his comet , like a bombshell ...
Σελίδα 63
... mighty soap - bubbles with which the grown - up chil- dren of science amuse themselves ; while the honest vulgar stand gazing in stupid admiration , and dig- nify these learned vagaries with the name of wisdom . Surely Socrates was ...
... mighty soap - bubbles with which the grown - up chil- dren of science amuse themselves ; while the honest vulgar stand gazing in stupid admiration , and dig- nify these learned vagaries with the name of wisdom . Surely Socrates was ...
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