The Sketch BookAllyn and Bacon, 1895 - 423 sider |
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... observed several of them from time to time inserted in periodical works of merit , and has under- stood that it was probable they would be published in a collective form . He has been induced , therefore , to revise and bring them for ...
... observed several of them from time to time inserted in periodical works of merit , and has under- stood that it was probable they would be published in a collective form . He has been induced , therefore , to revise and bring them for ...
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... observed , “ has been desultory , and I am unfitted for any periodically recurring task , or any stipulated labor of body or mind . I have no command of my talents , such as they are , and have to watch the varyings of my minds as I ...
... observed , “ has been desultory , and I am unfitted for any periodically recurring task , or any stipulated labor of body or mind . I have no command of my talents , such as they are , and have to watch the varyings of my minds as I ...
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... observe with pleasure that you are going to come forth in Britain . It is certainly not the very best way to publish on one's own account ; for the booksellers set their face against the circula- tion of such works as do not pay an ...
... observe with pleasure that you are going to come forth in Britain . It is certainly not the very best way to publish on one's own account ; for the booksellers set their face against the circula- tion of such works as do not pay an ...
Side 9
... observations . My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the surrounding country . I made myself familiar with all its places famous in history or fable . I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had been com- mitted , or a ...
... observations . My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the surrounding country . I made myself familiar with all its places famous in history or fable . I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had been com- mitted , or a ...
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... observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situation in the world than a single ... observations call to mind a little domestic story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie ...
... observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situation in the world than a single ... observations call to mind a little domestic story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie ...
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Side 153 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Side 42 - 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. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village...
Side 44 - Eip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing, the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle!
Side 52 - 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 ? " asked he.
Side 155 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Side 286 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Side 389 - Ichabod stole forth with the air of one who had been sacking a hen-roost, rather than a fair lady's heart. Without looking to the right or left to notice the scene of rural wealth, on which he had so often gloated, he went straight to the stable, and with several hearty cuffs and kicks, roused his steed most uncourteously from the comfortable quarters in which he was soundly sleeping, dreaming of mountains of corn and oats, and whole valleys of timothy and clover.
Side 49 - ... passed. The very village was altered ; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared. Strange names were over the doors — strange faces at the windows — everything was strange.
Side 39 - 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 neighbourhood.
Side 54 - To make a long story short, the company broke up, and returned to the more important concerns of the election. Rip's daughter took him home to live with her; she had a snug, wellfurnished house, and a stout cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back. As to Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself, seen leaning against the tree, he was employed to work on the farm; but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to any thing else...