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... true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of them . I have mingled among them in my time , and been almost withered by the shade into which they cast me ; for there is nothing so baleful to a small man as the ...
... true , our great men in America : not a city but has an ample share of them . I have mingled among them in my time , and been almost withered by the shade into which they cast me ; for there is nothing so baleful to a small man as the ...
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... by land there is a continuity of scene and a connected succession of persons and incidents , that carry on the story of life , and lessen the effect of absence and separation . We drag , it is true , " 10 THE SKETCH - BOOK . THE VOYAGE.
... by land there is a continuity of scene and a connected succession of persons and incidents , that carry on the story of life , and lessen the effect of absence and separation . We drag , it is true , " 10 THE SKETCH - BOOK . THE VOYAGE.
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Washington Irving. separation . We drag , it is true , " a lengthening chain , " at each remove of our pilgrimage ; but the chain is unbroken : we can trace it back link by link ; and we feel that the last still grapples us to home . But ...
Washington Irving. separation . We drag , it is true , " a lengthening chain , " at each remove of our pilgrimage ; but the chain is unbroken : we can trace it back link by link ; and we feel that the last still grapples us to home . But ...
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... true friendship which never deceived hope nor deserted sorrow . I do not wish to censure ; but , surely , if the people of Liverpool had been properly sensible of what was due to Mr. Roscoe and themselves , his library would never have ...
... true friendship which never deceived hope nor deserted sorrow . I do not wish to censure ; but , surely , if the people of Liverpool had been properly sensible of what was due to Mr. Roscoe and themselves , his library would never have ...
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... true worth is always void of glare and pretension . But the man of letters who speaks of Liverpool speaks of it as the residence of Roscoe the intelligent traveller who visits it inquires where Roscoe is to be seen . He is the literary ...
... true worth is always void of glare and pretension . But the man of letters who speaks of Liverpool speaks of it as the residence of Roscoe the intelligent traveller who visits it inquires where Roscoe is to be seen . He is the literary ...
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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.