A life of Washington IrvingPollard & Moss, 1882 |
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... Monarch , " a three act comedy , from the French of " La Jeunesse de Henri V. , " of which , as far as I can understand , he was nearly , if not quite , the sole author , or adapter . It was sold by Payne to Covent Garden Theatre for ...
... Monarch , " a three act comedy , from the French of " La Jeunesse de Henri V. , " of which , as far as I can understand , he was nearly , if not quite , the sole author , or adapter . It was sold by Payne to Covent Garden Theatre for ...
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... monarch . Whereas , a single man is apt to run to waste and self - neglect ; to fancy him- self lonely and abandoned , and his heart to fall to ruin , like some deserted mansion , for want of an in- habitant . These observations call to ...
... monarch . Whereas , a single man is apt to run to waste and self - neglect ; to fancy him- self lonely and abandoned , and his heart to fall to ruin , like some deserted mansion , for want of an in- habitant . These observations call to ...
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... monarch , se- cure from the treachery and danger that surrounded the royal house of Scotland . It was his mishap , in the course of his voyage , to fall into the hands of the English , and he was detained a prisoner by Henry IV ...
... monarch , se- cure from the treachery and danger that surrounded the royal house of Scotland . It was his mishap , in the course of his voyage , to fall into the hands of the English , and he was detained a prisoner by Henry IV ...
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Washington Irving. monarch . Loxa is wildly situated in a broken | sabre ; killed some , and took the rest prisoners , mountain pass , on the banks of the Xenil , among For this exploit , the king allows him a peceta , ( the rocks and ...
Washington Irving. monarch . Loxa is wildly situated in a broken | sabre ; killed some , and took the rest prisoners , mountain pass , on the banks of the Xenil , among For this exploit , the king allows him a peceta , ( the rocks and ...
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... monarch , priest , and warrior return into oblivion , with the poor Moslems over whom they exulted . The hall of ... monarchs , the masters of " the Moslems might still the pile . He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders as he ...
... monarch , priest , and warrior return into oblivion , with the poor Moslems over whom they exulted . The hall of ... monarchs , the masters of " the Moslems might still the pile . He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders as he ...
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Aben Habuz Abencerrages Agapida alcayde alguazil Alhama Alhambra ancient Andalusia Arabian arms army astrologer Atar beautiful beheld bird Boabdil bosom Bracebridge captives castle cavaliers chamber charm Christian Christmas church contrabandista Cordova court cried damsel delight door enemy Falstaff fancy father favourite flowers fortress garden gate governor Granada grave hall hand head heard heart hill horse Ichabod inhabitants Irving kind kingdom of Granada lady land light Little Britain lofty looked Malaga marques of Cadiz Mateo ment mind monarch Moorish Moorish king Moors Moslem mountains Muley Aben Hassan neighbouring night noble palace passed poor prince princess renegado Ronda round royal sallied scene seemed Seville side Sleepy Hollow soldier song Spain Spanish spirit Squire steed story tender thing thou thought tion tomb tower trees troops turned vault village walls warriors WASHINGTON IRVING whole window youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 12 - Rip bethought himself a moment, and inquired, "Where's 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 churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Página 9 - ... edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing.
Página 11 - He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe ; but even this was singularly metamorphosed. The red coat was changed for one of blue and buff, a sword was held in the hand instead of a sceptre, the head was decorated with a cocked hat, and underneath was painted in large characters,
Página 11 - The dogs too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. 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.
Página 12 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Página 12 - It's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun and never has been heard of since. His dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Página 12 - He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. He assured the company that it was a fact, handed down from his ancestor the historian, that the Kaatskill mountains had always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon...
Página 9 - ... their less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm; it was the most pestilent little...
Página 9 - Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no use to Work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than...
Página 10 - Rip complied with his usual alacrity; and mutually relieving each other, they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they ascended, Rip every now and then heard long rolling peals, like distant thunder, that seemed to issue out of a deep ravine, or rather cleft, between lofty rocks, to.ward which their rugged path conducted. He paused for an instant, but supposing it to be the muttering of one of those transient thunder-showers which often take place in mountain...