The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Artist's ed |
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Σελίδα 19
... characters and manners . Even when a mere child I began my travels , and made many tours of discovery into foreign . parts and unknown regions of my native city , to the frequent alarm of my parents , and the emolument of the town ...
... characters and manners . Even when a mere child I began my travels , and made many tours of discovery into foreign . parts and unknown regions of my native city , to the frequent alarm of my parents , and the emolument of the town ...
Σελίδα 35
... character which has given him the greatest interest in my eyes , and induced me particular- ly to point him out to my countrymen . Eminent as are his literary merits , he is but one among the many distinguished authors of this ...
... character which has given him the greatest interest in my eyes , and induced me particular- ly to point him out to my countrymen . Eminent as are his literary merits , he is but one among the many distinguished authors of this ...
Σελίδα 39
... and confounded with other men . His great qualities lose their novelty ; we become too familiar with the common materials which form the basis even of the loftiest character . Some of Mr. Roscoe's townsmen may regard ROSCOE . 39.
... and confounded with other men . His great qualities lose their novelty ; we become too familiar with the common materials which form the basis even of the loftiest character . Some of Mr. Roscoe's townsmen may regard ROSCOE . 39.
Σελίδα 40
... character which gives the nameless grace to real excellence , may cause him to be undervalued by some coarse minds , who do not know that true worth is always void of glare and preten- sion . But the man of letters , who speaks of ...
... character which gives the nameless grace to real excellence , may cause him to be undervalued by some coarse minds , who do not know that true worth is always void of glare and preten- sion . But the man of letters , who speaks of ...
Σελίδα 42
... seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex , and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character , that at times it approaches to sublimity . Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and THE WIFE. ...
... seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex , and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character , that at times it approaches to sublimity . Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and THE WIFE. ...
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abbey ancient antiquated baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge bustle Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church churchyard cottage countenance customs Dame deep delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy favorite feelings fire flowers Gothic architecture grave green hall hand heard heart hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments morning mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed Odenwald old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed Shakspeare Sleepy Hollow solemn sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy young
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Σελίδα 74 - 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 are they? Name them.
Σελίδα 62 - 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.
Σελίδα 83 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Σελίδα 77 - ... an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business. Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time, and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.
Σελίδα 72 - Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He...
Σελίδα 79 - ... insisted that Rip had been out of his head, and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine-pins; and it is a common wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught...
Σελίδα 58 - 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.
Σελίδα 72 - He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.
Σελίδα 113 - 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.
Σελίδα 26 - At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained.