The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1Baudry, 1823 |
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... short time transformed into so monstrous a shape , that he is faine to alter his mansion with his manners , and to live where he can , not where he would . > LYLY'S EUPHUES . I WAS always fond of visiting new scenes , and observing ...
... short time transformed into so monstrous a shape , that he is faine to alter his mansion with his manners , and to live where he can , not where he would . > LYLY'S EUPHUES . I WAS always fond of visiting new scenes , and observing ...
Pagina 6
... short , from the common - place realities of the present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all this , an earnest desire to see the great men of the earth . We have , it is true , our great men ...
... short , from the common - place realities of the present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all this , an earnest desire to see the great men of the earth . We have , it is true , our great men ...
Pagina 17
... short one related by the captain . « As I was once sailing , " said he , « in a fine stout ship , across the banks of Newfoundland , one of those heavy fogs that prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far a - head ...
... short one related by the captain . « As I was once sailing , " said he , « in a fine stout ship , across the banks of Newfoundland , one of those heavy fogs that prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far a - head ...
Pagina 34
... traces of Mr Roscoe . I was riding out with a gentleman , to view the environs of Liver- pool , when he turned off , through a gate , into some ornamented grounds . After riding a short distance , we came to a spacious man- 34 ROSCOE .
... traces of Mr Roscoe . I was riding out with a gentleman , to view the environs of Liver- pool , when he turned off , through a gate , into some ornamented grounds . After riding a short distance , we came to a spacious man- 34 ROSCOE .
Pagina 35
Washington Irving. a short distance , we came to a spacious man- sion of freestone , built in the Grecian style . It was not in the purest taste , yet it had an air of elegance , and the situation was delightful . A fine lawn sloped away ...
Washington Irving. a short distance , we came to a spacious man- sion of freestone , built in the Grecian style . It was not in the purest taste , yet it had an air of elegance , and the situation was delightful . A fine lawn sloped away ...
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Pagina 88 - Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him, too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point. He had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle?" "Oh, Rip Van Winkle!" exclaimed two or three. "Oh, to be sure! That's Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against...
Pagina 76 - ... narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they ascended. Rip every now and then heard long rolling peals, like distant thunder, that seemed to issue out of a deep ravine or rather cleft between lofty rocks, toward which their rugged path conducted.
Pagina 67 - The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
Pagina 78 - What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that, though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene but the noise of the balls, which, whenever they were rolled, echoed along the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder.
Pagina 73 - 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.
Pagina 87 - 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.
Pagina 70 - The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.
Pagina 69 - If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
Pagina 90 - The bystanders began now to look at each other, nod, wink significantly, and tap their fingers against their foreheads. There was a whisper, also, about securing the gun, and keeping the old fellow from doing mischief, at the very suggestion of which the selfimportant man in the cocked hat retired with some precipitation.
Pagina 74 - He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, moving on its silent but majestic course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark,* here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands.