The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentCassell & Company, 1885 - 379 páginas |
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... CHURCH THE WIDOW AND HER SON A SUNDAY IN LONDON THE BOAR'S HEAD TAVERN , EASTCHEAP THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE . RURAI . FUNERALS THE INN KITCHEN THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM PAGE • 7 10 17 • 24 32 52 61 69 • 75 82 · 97 103 III 113 · 125 137 ...
... CHURCH THE WIDOW AND HER SON A SUNDAY IN LONDON THE BOAR'S HEAD TAVERN , EASTCHEAP THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE . RURAI . FUNERALS THE INN KITCHEN THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM PAGE • 7 10 17 • 24 32 52 61 69 • 75 82 · 97 103 III 113 · 125 137 ...
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... church rising from the brow of a neigh- bouring hill - all were characteristic of England . The tide and wind were so favourble that the ship was enabled to come at once to the pier . It was thronged with people ; some , idle lookers on ...
... church rising from the brow of a neigh- bouring hill - all were characteristic of England . The tide and wind were so favourble that the ship was enabled to come at once to the pier . It was thronged with people ; some , idle lookers on ...
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... churches ; attend wakes and fairs , and other rural festivals ; and cope with the people in all their condi- tions , and all their habits and humours . In some countries the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation ...
... churches ; attend wakes and fairs , and other rural festivals ; and cope with the people in all their condi- tions , and all their habits and humours . In some countries the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation ...
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... church of remote architecture , with its low massive portal ; its Gothic tower ; its windows rich with tracery and painted glass , in scrupulous preserva- tion ; its stately monuments of warriors and worthies of the olden time ...
... church of remote architecture , with its low massive portal ; its Gothic tower ; its windows rich with tracery and painted glass , in scrupulous preserva- tion ; its stately monuments of warriors and worthies of the olden time ...
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... church ; but it is still more pleasing to see them in the evenings , gathering about their cottage doors , and appearing to exult in the humble comforts and em- bellishments which their own hands have spread around them . It is this ...
... church ; but it is still more pleasing to see them in the evenings , gathering about their cottage doors , and appearing to exult in the humble comforts and em- bellishments which their own hands have spread around them . It is this ...
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Página 48 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 41 - Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair, long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper. In place of these a lean, bilious-looking fellow, with his pockets full of handbills, was haranguing vehemently about rights of citizens — elections — members of Congress — liberty — Bunker's Hill — heroes of seventy-six — and other words which were a perfect Babylonish jargon to the...
Página 353 - ... and purple of their rocky sides. A sloop was loitering in the distance, dropping slowly down with the tide, her sail hanging uselessly against the mast ; and as the reflection of the sky gleamed along the still water, it seemed as if the vessel was suspended in the air.
Página 140 - Though it may sometimes throw a passing cloud over the bright hour of gayety, or spread a deeper sadness over the hour of gloom, yet who would exchange it even for the song of pleasure or the burst of revelry? No, there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. "Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets...
Página 30 - Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery...
Página 352 - ... and the yellow pumpkins lying beneath them, turning up their fair round bellies to the sun, and giving ample prospects of the most luxurious of pies; and anon he passed the fragrant buckwheat fields, breathing the odor of the bee-hive, and as he beheld them, soft anticipations stole...
Página 262 - Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note, Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither, Here shall he see No enemy, But winter and rough weather.
Página 337 - ... so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out: an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot.
Página 343 - ... the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard, and guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish discontented cry.
Página 39 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half -starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it.