Legends of Terror!: And Tales of the Wonderful and Wild ; Original and Select, in Prose and VerseSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1826 - 642 pagine |
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Pagina 9
... means ? " . inquired Veit . " Sir , " began Arnold , with a voice tremulous at first , but afterwards more resolute ... mean time , suffer your daughter to continue for three years my betrothed bride . " " Young man , " replied the ...
... means ? " . inquired Veit . " Sir , " began Arnold , with a voice tremulous at first , but afterwards more resolute ... mean time , suffer your daughter to continue for three years my betrothed bride . " " Young man , " replied the ...
Pagina 20
... means reached the ears of the proud Guimilda . No pity for the poor maiden filled her breast ; she hated her fair rival , for having a prior claim to Lord Albert's heart . Her revengeful temper made her feel that she should never enjoy ...
... means reached the ears of the proud Guimilda . No pity for the poor maiden filled her breast ; she hated her fair rival , for having a prior claim to Lord Albert's heart . Her revengeful temper made her feel that she should never enjoy ...
Pagina 54
... means of saving a hu- man soul ? Nor soul nor body have I saved , ' said the fisherman doggedly I have done my best ; the storm proved too stark , and the lightning too fierce for me ; their boat alone came near with a lady and a casket ...
... means of saving a hu- man soul ? Nor soul nor body have I saved , ' said the fisherman doggedly I have done my best ; the storm proved too stark , and the lightning too fierce for me ; their boat alone came near with a lady and a casket ...
Pagina 64
... means to indicate to the bewil dered seaman the perilous situation in which he was placed . There is a tradition current among the inha bitants of the coast , that the bell was cut from the float and stolen , and that the person who ...
... means to indicate to the bewil dered seaman the perilous situation in which he was placed . There is a tradition current among the inha bitants of the coast , that the bell was cut from the float and stolen , and that the person who ...
Pagina 66
... means this was done , and the old man promised to teach him the trick , if he had courage to learn it . Charles was desirous of learning , but desisted at the decisive moment , frightened by terrible apparitions . ' ' Well , ' said I ...
... means this was done , and the old man promised to teach him the trick , if he had courage to learn it . Charles was desirous of learning , but desisted at the decisive moment , frightened by terrible apparitions . ' ' Well , ' said I ...
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Pagina 601 - 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 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.
Pagina 604 - He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. Wolf, too, had disappeared; but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him, and shouted his name, but all in vain; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen.
Pagina 603 - Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him; he looked anxiously in the same direction, and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one of the neighborhood in need of his assistance, he hastened down to yield it.
Pagina 605 - 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. 'My very dog,' sighed poor Rip, 'has forgotten me!
Pagina 601 - 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 608 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes, of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name; that his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in...
Pagina 605 - These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of the rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs. He, however, made shift to scramble up its sides, working...
Pagina 603 - On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
Pagina 600 - 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.
Pagina 607 - 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?