The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentPutman, 1868 - 507 sider |
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... 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 ...
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... 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 cul- ture , 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 cul- ture , not on the exclusive ...
Side 33
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity with antiquity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future renown ...
... worthy associates . He is independent of the world around him . He lives with antiquity and posterity with antiquity , in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in the generous aspirings after future renown ...
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... 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 interest apparently taken in it by my countrymen , and certain injurious effects ...
... 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 interest apparently taken in it by my countrymen , and certain injurious effects ...
Side 81
... . There is nothing published in England on the subject of our country that does not circulate through every part of it . There is not a cal- umny dropped from English pen , nor an un- worthy 6 ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA . 81.
... . There is nothing published in England on the subject of our country that does not circulate through every part of it . There is not a cal- umny dropped from English pen , nor an un- worthy 6 ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA . 81.
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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.