The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Artist's ed |
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... HEAD , " N. Y. 7. " SHIPS , SHIPS " 8. PIECES OF WRECK 9. THE CAPTAIN'S STORY 10. COAST OF WALES 11. ROSCOE 12. BORDERS " TO MY BOOKS " 13. LOVE GUARDING THE HARP 14. THE COTTAGE . 15. CUPIDS AND RINGS 16. RIP VAN WINKLE ASLEEP . 17 ...
... HEAD , " N. Y. 7. " SHIPS , SHIPS " 8. PIECES OF WRECK 9. THE CAPTAIN'S STORY 10. COAST OF WALES 11. ROSCOE 12. BORDERS " TO MY BOOKS " 13. LOVE GUARDING THE HARP 14. THE COTTAGE . 15. CUPIDS AND RINGS 16. RIP VAN WINKLE ASLEEP . 17 ...
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... HEAD 77. THE LADY MAYORESS . HOPPIN . 301 F. A. CHAPMAN 336 78. SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE HERRICK . 343 79. STRATFORD CHURCH 80. SHAKSPEARE'S TOMB 81. " HARK , HARK ! THE LARK “ COLMAN 349 MCDONOUGH 351 F. A. CHAPMAN 357 82. VIEW OF ...
... HEAD 77. THE LADY MAYORESS . HOPPIN . 301 F. A. CHAPMAN 336 78. SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE HERRICK . 343 79. STRATFORD CHURCH 80. SHAKSPEARE'S TOMB 81. " HARK , HARK ! THE LARK “ COLMAN 349 MCDONOUGH 351 F. A. CHAPMAN 357 82. VIEW OF ...
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... heads in fine weather , and watch the parting ships , bound to distant climes- with what longing eyes would I gaze after their lessening sails , and waft myself in imagination to the ends of the earth . Further reading and thinking ...
... heads in fine weather , and watch the parting ships , bound to distant climes- with what longing eyes would I gaze after their lessening sails , and waft myself in imagination to the ends of the earth . Further reading and thinking ...
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... head , and a constant watch for- ward to look out for fishing smacks , which are accustomed to lie at anchor on the banks . The wind was blowing a smacking breeze , and we were going at a great rate through the water . Suddenly the ...
... head , and a constant watch for- ward to look out for fishing smacks , which are accustomed to lie at anchor on the banks . The wind was blowing a smacking breeze , and we were going at a great rate through the water . Suddenly the ...
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... head seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning which quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding ... heads , as the ship labored in the weltering sea , were frightful . As I heard the waves rushing along the sides of ...
... head seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning which quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding ... heads , as the ship labored in the weltering sea , were frightful . As I heard the waves rushing along the sides of ...
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abbey ancient antiquated baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge bustle Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church churchyard cottage countenance customs Dame deep delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy favorite feelings fire flowers Gothic architecture grave green hall hand heard heart hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments morning mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed Odenwald old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed Shakspeare Sleepy Hollow solemn sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy young
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Página 74 - Tory, a Tory! A spy! A refugee! Hustle him! Away with him!" It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order, and having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit what he came there for, and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but merely came there in search of some of his neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. "Well, who are they? Name them.
Página 62 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van 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.
Página 83 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 77 - ... an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business. Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time, and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.
Página 72 - Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He...
Página 79 - ... insisted that Rip had been out of his head, and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of nine-pins; and it is a common wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught...
Página 58 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Página 72 - 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 113 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Página 26 - At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained.