The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqB. Tauchnitz, 1843 - 361 páginas |
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... living streams of knowledge . There is a " daily beauty in his life , " on which mankind may meditate and grow better . It exhibits no lofty and almost useless , because in- imitable , example of excellence ; but presents a picture of ...
... living streams of knowledge . There is a " daily beauty in his life , " on which mankind may meditate and grow better . It exhibits no lofty and almost useless , because in- imitable , example of excellence ; but presents a picture of ...
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... living , - nay , " observing a pang to pass across his coun- tenance , " don't let that afflict you . I am sure you have never placed your happiness in outward show - you have yet friends , warm friends , who will not think the worse of ...
... living , - nay , " observing a pang to pass across his coun- tenance , " don't let that afflict you . I am sure you have never placed your happiness in outward show - you have yet friends , warm friends , who will not think the worse of ...
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... living so much in the open air , and pursuing so eagerly the invigorating recreations of the country . These hardy exercises produce also a healthful tone of mind and spirits , and a manliness and simplicity of manners , which even the ...
... living so much in the open air , and pursuing so eagerly the invigorating recreations of the country . These hardy exercises produce also a healthful tone of mind and spirits , and a manliness and simplicity of manners , which even the ...
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... living . She declined his attentions , for her thoughts were irrevocably engrossed by the memory of her former lover . He , however , persisted in his suit . He solicited not her tenderness , but her esteem . He was assisted by her ...
... living . She declined his attentions , for her thoughts were irrevocably engrossed by the memory of her former lover . He , however , persisted in his suit . He solicited not her tenderness , but her esteem . He was assisted by her ...
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... living had disabled him from doing any thing more than ride to see the hounds throw off , and make one at the hunting dinner . Under the ministry of such a pastor , I found it impossible to get into the train of thought suitable to the ...
... living had disabled him from doing any thing more than ride to see the hounds throw off , and make one at the hunting dinner . Under the ministry of such a pastor , I found it impossible to get into the train of thought suitable to the ...
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Página 39 - ... in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in the village. "Alas! gentlemen...
Página 176 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 39 - 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 39 - A 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 253 - 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 38 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. 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.
Página 335 - In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon and juicy relishing ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages...
Página 133 - 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 68 - 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 32 - On the other side, he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene ; evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors...