Cassell's Readable readers, Libro 51885 |
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Página 77
... old woman in the meantime said her prayers ; and when she had finished , she ap- proached my brother , and thanked him for his kindness . As she was but meanly dressed , he thought that she required charity ; and he offered her ...
... old woman in the meantime said her prayers ; and when she had finished , she ap- proached my brother , and thanked him for his kindness . As she was but meanly dressed , he thought that she required charity ; and he offered her ...
Página 78
... old woman to conduct him . She went on before , and he followed her till they came to the door of a large house , at which she knocked . He came up to her just as a young female Greek slave opened the door . The old woman made him go in ...
... old woman to conduct him . She went on before , and he followed her till they came to the door of a large house , at which she knocked . He came up to her just as a young female Greek slave opened the door . The old woman made him go in ...
Página 79
... old woman come out ; she opened the street door , and went in search of more prey . As soon as she was gone too far to observe him , he let himself out of this cut - throat house , and fled to mine . extravagant unexpectedly insensible ...
... old woman come out ; she opened the street door , and went in search of more prey . As soon as she was gone too far to observe him , he let himself out of this cut - throat house , and fled to mine . extravagant unexpectedly insensible ...
Página 81
... old woman . After which he took a scimitar , and concealed it under his dress . He went out early one morning , and soon met the old hag , who was already walking about the city seeking to entrap some one or other . Alnaschar accosted ...
... old woman . After which he took a scimitar , and concealed it under his dress . He went out early one morning , and soon met the old hag , who was already walking about the city seeking to entrap some one or other . Alnaschar accosted ...
Página 82
... old woman ran to see what was the matter , when Alnaschar seized her before she had time to make her escape . " Wretch , " he exclaimed , " dost thou not know me ? I am the person into whose house you came the other day to request leave ...
... old woman ran to see what was the matter , when Alnaschar seized her before she had time to make her escape . " Wretch , " he exclaimed , " dost thou not know me ? I am the person into whose house you came the other day to request leave ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abbot Alnaschar Arabs archers archery Arth battle Binny Wallace boat brave bread brother cabin camels Cassell's castle Catherine Catskill mountains cried Dame van Winkle death desert door drachms England English Estes Park Evarts eyes face fear fire grace Greek slave hand head heard heart heaven honour horse hour Hubert ISABELLA L keep king Lady Fleming lake Lars Porsena light little prince living Lochleven Locksley look madam ment morning mountain never night o'er old woman passed Phil Adams poem poor Prince John Queen QUEEN OF SCOTS replied rest Revenge Rip van Winkle river rocks Roland Græme round Rowlocks sail sand Satrap Seyton ship shoot shore shot shout side Sir Richard sleep soldier soon Spanish stand tent thee thou tongue took village wife wind word yeoman دو
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Página 112 - Van Bummel, the schoolmaster?" "He went off to the wars too, was a great militia general, and is now in congress." Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point; — he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van...
Página 198 - On the lofty British line. It was ten of April morn by the chime ; As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between.
Página 109 - 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...
Página 101 - 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 90 - ... about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory. At the foot of these fairy mountains...
Página 94 - 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. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Página 110 - Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Página 104 - As he rose to walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of the rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and...
Página 194 - And the night went down, and the sun smiled out far over the summer sea, And the Spanish fleet with broken sides lay round us all in a ring; But they dared not touch us again, for they fear'd that we still could sting, So they watch'd what the end would be.
Página 95 - ... of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. Here he would sometimes seat himself at the foot of a tree, and share the contents of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he sympathized as a fellowsufferer in persecution. "Poor Wolf...