The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...Carey & Lea, 1831 |
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... for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to claim who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable nation . February , 1820 . THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF . I am of this X ADVERTISEMENT .
... for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to claim who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable nation . February , 1820 . THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF . I am of this X ADVERTISEMENT .
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... present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , beside 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 , beside 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 commonplace of busy existence ; to indulge in the selfishness of lettered ...
... 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 commonplace of busy existence ; to indulge in the selfishness of lettered ...
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... presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , unfortunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy ...
... presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which , unfortunately , are not exercised by many , or this world would be a paradise . But his private life is peculiarly worthy ...
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... a country in which one of the greatest political experiments in the history of the world is now performing , and which presents the most proa found and momentous studies to the statesman and the philosopher 70 ENGLISH WRITERS.
... a country in which one of the greatest political experiments in the history of the world is now performing , and which presents the most proa found and momentous studies to the statesman and the philosopher 70 ENGLISH WRITERS.
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent. [i.e. Washington Irving] Washington Irving Vista completa - 1864 |
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Página 50 - ... and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.
Página 52 - Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
Página 13 - 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 190 - 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 60 - 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. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with...
Página 185 - 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 118 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Página 249 - ... Let it suffice to say, Ichabod stole forth with the air of one who had been sacking a hen-roost, rather than a fair lady's heart. Without looking to the right or left to notice the scene of rural wealth, on which he had so often gloated, he went straight to the stable, and with several hearty cuffs and kicks, roused his steed most uncourteously from the comfortable quarters in which he was soundly sleeping, dreaming of mountains of corn and oats, and whole valleys of timothy and clover.
Página 62 - 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 churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Página 51 - Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial.