The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentPutman, 1868 - 507 sider |
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Side 10
... observed , " has been desultory , and I am unfitted for any periodically recurring task , or any stipulated labor of body or mind . I have no com- mand of my talents , such as they are , and have to watch the varyings of my mind 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 com- mand of my talents , such as they are , and have to watch the varyings of my mind 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 circulation 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 circulation of such works as do not pay an ...
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... 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 committed , 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 committed , or a ...
Side 38
... observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situa- tion in the world than a single one ; partly be- cause he is more stimulated to exertion by the necessities of the helpless and beloved beings who ...
... observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situa- tion in the world than a single one ; partly be- cause he is more stimulated to exertion by the necessities of the helpless and beloved beings who ...
Side 39
... observations call to mind a little domes- tic story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie , had married a beautiful and accomplished girl , who had been brought up in the midst of fashionable life . She had , it ...
... observations call to mind a little domes- tic story , of which I was once a witness . My intimate friend , Leslie , had married a beautiful and accomplished girl , who had been brought up in the midst of fashionable life . She had , it ...
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Side 66 - The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired "on which side he voted?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, "Whether he was Federal or Democrat?
Side 242 - What then is to insure this pile which now towers above me from sharing the fate of mightier mausoleums? The time must come when its gilded vaults, which now spring so loftily, shall lie in rubbish beneath the feet ; when, instead of the sound of melody and praise, the...
Side 60 - ... countenances, that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game. By degrees, Rip's awe and apprehension subsided. He even ventured, when no eye was fixed upon him, to taste the beverage, which he found had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands.
Side 456 - Sundays to take his station in front of the church gallery with a band of chosen singers, where in his own mind he completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane....
Side 63 - 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.
Side 249 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Side 462 - ... eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings, or buried in their bosoms, and others swelling, and cooing, and bowing about their dames, were enjoying the sunshine on the roof. Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens; whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond...
Side 50 - 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.
Side 476 - ... state parlor of Van Tassel's mansion. Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses, with their luxurious display of red and white ; but the ample charms of a genuine Dutch country tea-table, in the sumptuous time of autumn.
Side 68 - The bystanders began now to look at each other, nod, wink significantly, and tap their fingers against their foreheads. There was a whisper also about securing the gun, and keeping the old fellow from doing mischief, at the very suggestion of which the self-important man in the cocked hat retired with some precipitation.