The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2J. Murray, 1820 - 419 páginas |
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Página 34
... English , from the great prevalence of rural habits throughout every class of society , have always been fond of those festivals and holydays which agreeably interrupt the still- ness of country life ; and they were , in former days ...
... English , from the great prevalence of rural habits throughout every class of society , have always been fond of those festivals and holydays which agreeably interrupt the still- ness of country life ; and they were , in former days ...
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... English bosom . The prepara- tions making on every side for the social board that is again to unite friends and kindred- the presents of good cheer passing and re- passing , those tokens of regard and quickeners of kind feelings - the ...
... English bosom . The prepara- tions making on every side for the social board that is again to unite friends and kindred- the presents of good cheer passing and re- passing , those tokens of regard and quickeners of kind feelings - the ...
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... English stage coachman may be seen , he cannot be mistaken for one of any other craft or mystery . He has commonly a broad full face , curiously mottled with red , as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of the ...
... English stage coachman may be seen , he cannot be mistaken for one of any other craft or mystery . He has commonly a broad full face , curiously mottled with red , as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of the ...
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... English- man . He enjoys great consequence and consi- deration along the road ; has frequent confer- ences with the village housewives , who look upon him as a man of great trust and depen- dence ; and he seems to have a good under ...
... English- man . He enjoys great consequence and consi- deration along the road ; has frequent confer- ences with the village housewives , who look upon him as a man of great trust and depen- dence ; and he seems to have a good under ...
Página 51
... conveni- ence , neatness , and broad honest enjoyment , the kitchen of an English inn . It was of spa- cious dimensions , hung round with copper and tin vessels highly polished , and decorated here and there E 2 THE STAGE COACH . 51.
... conveni- ence , neatness , and broad honest enjoyment , the kitchen of an English inn . It was of spa- cious dimensions , hung round with copper and tin vessels highly polished , and decorated here and there E 2 THE STAGE COACH . 51.
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abbey ancient antiquated Baltus Van Tassel beautiful bosom Bracebridge Brom Bones brook Canonchet character Charlecot Christmas church companion customs dance dark delight dish distant door face fancied favourite feelings festivity fire forest Frank Bracebridge gathered ghost goblin grave green hall hand haunted head hear heard heart holyday honour horse humour hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian Izaak Walton John Bull Justice Shallow kind knight-errant lady Lambs land Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon ment merry mind mingled monuments Narrhagansets nature neighbourhood neighbours night old English old family old gentleman parson passed Philip POKANOKET pride quiet round rustic Sachem santry savage scene seemed Shakespeare side Sleepy Hollow sometimes song sound spirit Squire steed story Stratford thing thought tion tomb trees tribes turn village Wampanoags wandering warrior Wassail Westminster Abbey whole wild window worthy young
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Página 60 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Página 108 - Just in the nick the Cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up like our train'd band, Presented, and away.
Página 348 - It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.
Página 378 - Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.
Página 75 - Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Página 356 - ... and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating. He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest, and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one knee and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together.
Página 213 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 367 - It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river.
Página 19 - I could only hear, now and then, the distant voice of the priest repeating the evening service, and the faint responses of the choir ; these paused for a time, and all was hushed. The stillness, the desertion and obscurity that were gradually prevailing around, gave a deeper and more solemn interest to the place : For in the silent grave no conversation.
Página 374 - Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza...