The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Bind 2J. Murray, 1820 - 419 sider |
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Side 40
... his moments of strong excite- ment and selfish gratification , but he wants the genial and social sympathies which constitute the charm of a merry Christmas . THE STAGE COACH . Omne benè Sine poenâ Tempus est 40 CHRISTMAS .
... his moments of strong excite- ment and selfish gratification , but he wants the genial and social sympathies which constitute the charm of a merry Christmas . THE STAGE COACH . Omne benè Sine poenâ Tempus est 40 CHRISTMAS .
Side 52
... . The scene completely realized poor Robin's humble idea of the comforts of mid - winter : Now trees their leafy hats do bare To reverence Winter's silver hair ; A handsome hostess , merry host , A pot of 52 THE STAGE COACH .
... . The scene completely realized poor Robin's humble idea of the comforts of mid - winter : Now trees their leafy hats do bare To reverence Winter's silver hair ; A handsome hostess , merry host , A pot of 52 THE STAGE COACH .
Side 53
Washington Irving. A handsome hostess , merry host , A pot of ale now and a toast , Tobacco and a good coal fire , Are things this season doth require . * I had not been long at the inn when a post- chaise drove up to the door . A young ...
Washington Irving. A handsome hostess , merry host , A pot of ale now and a toast , Tobacco and a good coal fire , Are things this season doth require . * I had not been long at the inn when a post- chaise drove up to the door . A young ...
Side 65
... merry game ; and a pro- fusion of wooden horses , penny trumpets , and tattered dolls , about the floor , showed traces of a troop of little fairy beings , who , having fro- licked through a happy day , had been carried off to slumber ...
... merry game ; and a pro- fusion of wooden horses , penny trumpets , and tattered dolls , about the floor , showed traces of a troop of little fairy beings , who , having fro- licked through a happy day , had been carried off to slumber ...
Side 72
... his own home , the old gentleman being fond of the sound of " Harp in hall . " The dance , like most dances after supper , was a merry one : some of the older folks joined in it , and the Squire himself figured down 72 CHRISTMAS - EVE .
... his own home , the old gentleman being fond of the sound of " Harp in hall . " The dance , like most dances after supper , was a merry one : some of the older folks joined in it , and the Squire himself figured down 72 CHRISTMAS - EVE .
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abbey ancient antiquated Baltus Van Tassel beautiful bosom Bracebridge Brom Bones brook Canonchet character Charlecot Christmas church companion customs dance dark delight dish distant door face fancied favourite feelings festivity fire forest Frank Bracebridge gathered ghost goblin grave green hall hand haunted head hear heard heart holyday honour horse humour hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian Izaak Walton John Bull Justice Shallow kind knight-errant lady Lambs land Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon ment merry mind mingled monuments Narrhagansets nature neighbourhood neighbours night old English old family old gentleman parson passed Philip POKANOKET pride quiet round rustic Sachem santry savage scene seemed Shakespeare side Sleepy Hollow sometimes song sound spirit Squire steed story Stratford thing thought tion tomb trees tribes turn village Wampanoags wandering warrior Wassail Westminster Abbey whole wild window worthy young
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Side 60 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Side 108 - Just in the nick the Cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up like our train'd band, Presented, and away.
Side 348 - It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.
Side 378 - Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.
Side 75 - Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Side 356 - ... and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating. He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest, and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one knee and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together.
Side 213 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Side 367 - It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river.
Side 19 - I could only hear, now and then, the distant voice of the priest repeating the evening service, and the faint responses of the choir ; these paused for a time, and all was hushed. The stillness, the desertion and obscurity that were gradually prevailing around, gave a deeper and more solemn interest to the place : For in the silent grave no conversation.
Side 374 - Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza...