The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...A. and W. Galignani, 1824 |
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... critics , he solicits for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to claim , who presents himself at the threshold of a hos- pitable nation . February , 1820 . THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT VOL . I. OF HIMSELF . THE.
... critics , he solicits for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to claim , who presents himself at the threshold of a hos- pitable nation . February , 1820 . THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT VOL . I. OF HIMSELF . THE.
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... present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all this , an earnest desire to see the great men of the earth . We have , it is true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of ...
... present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all this , an earnest desire to see the great men of the earth . We have , it is true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of ...
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... presents no lesson to the world , or , perhaps , a humiliating one of human frailty and inconsistency . At best , they are prone to steal away from the bustle and common - place of busy existence ; to in- dulge in the selfishness of ...
... presents no lesson to the world , or , perhaps , a humiliating one of human frailty and inconsistency . At best , they are prone to steal away from the bustle and common - place of busy existence ; to in- dulge in the selfishness of ...
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... presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , un- fortunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly ...
... presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , un- fortunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly ...
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... present situation . They are capable of judging only of the sur- face of things ; of those matters which come in contact with their private interests and personal gratifications . They miss some of the snug conveniencies and petty ...
... present situation . They are capable of judging only of the sur- face of things ; of those matters which come in contact with their private interests and personal gratifications . They miss some of the snug conveniencies and petty ...
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Página 88 - Nicholas Vedder?" There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Página 289 - Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth.
Página 12 - 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.
Página 83 - 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. Strange names were over the doors, strange faces at the windows — everything was strange.
Página 80 - He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. Wolf, too, had disappeared, but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him and shouted his name, but all in vain; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen.
Página 274 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
Página 84 - ... the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. 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.
Página 87 - ... knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded, in an austere tone, "what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in the village?
Página 78 - ... 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.
Página 316 - ... so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out : an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot.