The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884 - 532 sider |
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... ancient and local custom . My native country was full of youthful promise ; Europe was rich in the accumu- lated treasures of age . Her very ruins told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed ...
... ancient and local custom . My native country was full of youthful promise ; Europe was rich in the accumu- lated treasures of age . Her very ruins told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed ...
Side 48
... speeches ; or Van Bummel , the schoolmaster , doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper . In place of these , a lean bilious - looking fellow , with his pockets full of handbills , was 43 WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING .
... speeches ; or Van Bummel , the schoolmaster , doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper . In place of these , a lean bilious - looking fellow , with his pockets full of handbills , was 43 WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING .
Side 52
... ancient inhabitant of the village , and well versed in all the wonderful events and traditions of the neighborhood . He recollected Rip at once , and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner . He assured the company that ...
... ancient inhabitant of the village , and well versed in all the wonderful events and traditions of the neighborhood . He recollected Rip at once , and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner . He assured the company that ...
Side 80
... ancient authors . About the room were placed long tables , with stands for reading and writing , at which sat many pale , cadaverous personages , por- ing intently over dusty volumes , rummaging among mouldy manuscripts , and taking ...
... ancient authors . About the room were placed long tables , with stands for reading and writing , at which sat many pale , cadaverous personages , por- ing intently over dusty volumes , rummaging among mouldy manuscripts , and taking ...
Side 82
... ancient and obsolete writers are caught up by these flights of predatory authors , and cast forth , again to flourish and bear fruit in a remote and distant tract of time . Many of their works , also , undergo a kind of metempsychosis ...
... ancient and obsolete writers are caught up by these flights of predatory authors , and cast forth , again to flourish and bear fruit in a remote and distant tract of time . Many of their works , also , undergo a kind of metempsychosis ...
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