The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ...J. Bumpus, 1825 - 316 σελίδες |
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... mighty Hudson . The sun gradually wheeled his broad disk down into the west . The wide bosom of the Tappaan Zee lay motionless and glassy , excepting that here and there a gentle undulation waved and prolonged the blue shadow of the ...
... mighty Hudson . The sun gradually wheeled his broad disk down into the west . The wide bosom of the Tappaan Zee lay motionless and glassy , excepting that here and there a gentle undulation waved and prolonged the blue shadow of the ...
Σελίδα 39
... mighty dish , in much the same manner as sailors harpoon por- poises at sea , or our Indians spear salmon in 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 por- poises at sea , or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes . Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple pies , or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears ; but it ...
Σελίδα 43
... 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 snaket . 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 snaket . The negro philosophers of Congo affirm , that the world was made by the ...
Σελίδα 46
... mighty concussion ; another , more moderate , makes his comet a < ind of beast of burden , carrying the sun a regular supply of food and faggots ; a third of more combustible dispo- sition , threatens to throw his comet , like a ...
... mighty concussion ; another , more moderate , makes his comet a < ind of beast of burden , carrying the sun a regular supply of food and faggots ; a third of more combustible dispo- sition , threatens to throw his comet , like a ...
Σελίδα 47
... mighty soap - bubbles with which the grown - up children of science amuse themselves ; while the honest vulgar stand gazing in stupid admiration , and dignify these learned vagaries with the name of wisdom ! -Surely Socrates was right ...
... mighty soap - bubbles with which the grown - up children of science amuse themselves ; while the honest vulgar stand gazing in stupid admiration , and dignify these learned vagaries with the name of wisdom ! -Surely Socrates was right ...
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