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... interest . Several , too , of the prisoners of war , began to vo- lunteer their services , on receiving large wages , and under the promise of being liberated after a stated period of service ; and I am happy to add , that a large ...
... interest . Several , too , of the prisoners of war , began to vo- lunteer their services , on receiving large wages , and under the promise of being liberated after a stated period of service ; and I am happy to add , that a large ...
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... interest . The women especially appeared to be much affected ; and on inquiring the cause , I was informed , that the Bec- camorti having entered an infected house in the neighbourhood_to_re- move the body of a man who had re- cently ...
... interest . The women especially appeared to be much affected ; and on inquiring the cause , I was informed , that the Bec- camorti having entered an infected house in the neighbourhood_to_re- move the body of a man who had re- cently ...
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... interest in him , the old man persuaded the boy to ac- company him , and he soon became affectionately attached to his protec- tor . Nothing could exceed the care with which the good man nourished his little ward , or the tenderness ...
... interest in him , the old man persuaded the boy to ac- company him , and he soon became affectionately attached to his protec- tor . Nothing could exceed the care with which the good man nourished his little ward , or the tenderness ...
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... interest . But we have read it with much plea- sure , and we think that it must be in- teresting to all bodies of literary men , particularly those of the medical pro- fession , as it contains many minute details concerning the state of ...
... interest . But we have read it with much plea- sure , and we think that it must be in- teresting to all bodies of literary men , particularly those of the medical pro- fession , as it contains many minute details concerning the state of ...
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... interest is to be unfold- ed in poetry , the power of the subject illuminates the style in which it is conveyed . Our attention is kept up , and our expectation excited by the events or characters , and we uncon- sciously make exertions ...
... interest is to be unfold- ed in poetry , the power of the subject illuminates the style in which it is conveyed . Our attention is kept up , and our expectation excited by the events or characters , and we uncon- sciously make exertions ...
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Página 322 - Rip's story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it. Some were seen to wink at each other and put their tongues in their cheeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook his head, upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. It was determined, however, to take the opinion of old Peter...
Página 318 - ... of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.
Página 320 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward.
Página 322 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Página 316 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
Página 101 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Página 316 - ... about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray or get among...
Página 319 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Página 320 - At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest.
Página 320 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.