The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Artist's ed |
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Side 17
... worthy bookseller failed before the first month was over , and the sale was interrupted . At this juncture Scott arrived in London . I called to him for help , as I was sticking in the mire , and , more propitious than Hercules , he put ...
... worthy bookseller failed before the first month was over , and the sale was interrupted . At this juncture Scott arrived in London . I called to him for help , as I was sticking in the mire , and , more propitious than Hercules , he put ...
Side 36
... worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity ; and must depend for their culture , not on the exclusive ...
... worthy the attention of the citizens of our young and busy country , where literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity ; and must depend for their culture , not on the exclusive ...
Side 37
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity ; with antiq- uity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future ...
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity ; with antiq- uity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future ...
Side 85
... worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome and hackneyed topic ; nor should I have adverted to it , but for the undue inter- est apparently taken in it by my countrymen , and certain inju- rious ...
... worthy of a more generous cause . I shall not , however , dwell on this irksome and hackneyed topic ; nor should I have adverted to it , but for the undue inter- est apparently taken in it by my countrymen , and certain inju- rious ...
Side 91
... worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most analogous to ours . The manners of her people - their intellectual activity— their freedom of opinion - their habits of thinking on those sub- jects which concern ...
... worthy of our study than England . The spirit of her constitution is most analogous to ours . The manners of her people - their intellectual activity— their freedom of opinion - their habits of thinking on those sub- jects which concern ...
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abbey ancient antiquated baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge bustle Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church churchyard cottage countenance customs Dame deep delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy favorite feelings fire flowers Gothic architecture grave green hall hand heard heart hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments morning mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed Odenwald old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed Shakspeare Sleepy Hollow solemn sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy young
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Side 74 - Tory, a Tory! A spy! A refugee! Hustle him! Away with him!" 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.
Side 62 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip 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.
Side 83 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Side 77 - ... an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business. Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time, and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.
Side 72 - Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He...
Side 79 - ... insisted that Rip had been out of his head, and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine-pins; and it is a common wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught...
Side 58 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Side 72 - 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.
Side 113 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Side 26 - At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained.