The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2J. Murray, 1820 - 419 páginas |
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... once aspired to occupy ages of the world's thought and admiration . I passed some time in Poet's Corner , which occupies an end of one of the transepts or cross aisles of the Abbey . The monuments are gene- rally simple ; for the lives ...
... once aspired to occupy ages of the world's thought and admiration . I passed some time in Poet's Corner , which occupies an end of one of the transepts or cross aisles of the Abbey . The monuments are gene- rally simple ; for the lives ...
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... once were chapels , but which are now occupied by the tombs and monuments of the great . At every turn I met with some illus- trious name ; or the cognizance of some power- ful house renowned in history . darts into these dusky chambers ...
... once were chapels , but which are now occupied by the tombs and monuments of the great . At every turn I met with some illus- trious name ; or the cognizance of some power- ful house renowned in history . darts into these dusky chambers ...
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... once borne before them , my imagi- nation conjured up the scene when this hall was bright with the valour and beauty of the land ; glittering with the splendour of jewelled rank and military array ; alive with the tread of 16 ...
... once borne before them , my imagi- nation conjured up the scene when this hall was bright with the valour and beauty of the land ; glittering with the splendour of jewelled rank and military array ; alive with the tread of 16 ...
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... once more to assemble about the paternal hearth , that rallying place of the affections , there to grow young and loving again among the en- dearing mementos of childhood . There is something in the very season of the year that gives a ...
... once more to assemble about the paternal hearth , that rallying place of the affections , there to grow young and loving again among the en- dearing mementos of childhood . There is something in the very season of the year that gives a ...
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... once , and it was with some difficulty that John arranged that they should ride by turns , and the eldest should ride first . Off they set at last ; one on the poney , with the dog bounding and barking before him , and the others ...
... once , and it was with some difficulty that John arranged that they should ride by turns , and the eldest should ride first . Off they set at last ; one on the poney , with the dog bounding and barking before him , and the others ...
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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...