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... light of knowledge and the charities of cultivated life ; and has thus bound together those scattered portions of the human race , be- tween which nature seemed to have thrown an insurmountable barrier . We one day descried some ...
... light of knowledge and the charities of cultivated life ; and has thus bound together those scattered portions of the human race , be- tween which nature seemed to have thrown an insurmountable barrier . We one day descried some ...
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... light of a lamp in the cabin , that made the gloom more ghastly , every one had his tale of shipwreck and disaster . I was particularly struck with a short voyage . one related by the captain . " As I was once sailing , " said he , " in ...
... light of a lamp in the cabin , that made the gloom more ghastly , every one had his tale of shipwreck and disaster . I was particularly struck with a short voyage . one related by the captain . " As I was once sailing , " said he , " in ...
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... lights at the mast - head , and a constant watch for- ward to look out for fishing smacks , which are accustomed to ... light . We struck her just amid - ships . The force , the size , and weight of our ves- sel bore her down below the ...
... lights at the mast - head , and a constant watch for- ward to look out for fishing smacks , which are accustomed to ... light . We struck her just amid - ships . The force , the size , and weight of our ves- sel bore her down below the ...
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... light on further traces of Mr. Roscoe . I was riding out with a gentleman , to view the environs of Liverpool , when he turned off , through a gate , into some ornamented grounds . After riding a short distance , we came to a spacious ...
... light on further traces of Mr. Roscoe . I was riding out with a gentleman , to view the environs of Liverpool , when he turned off , through a gate , into some ornamented grounds . After riding a short distance , we came to a spacious ...
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... To tell her that I have dragged her down from the sphere in which she might have continued to move in constant brightness - the light of every eye -the admiration of every heart ! -How can she bear 34 THE SKETCH BOOK .
... To tell her that I have dragged her down from the sphere in which she might have continued to move in constant brightness - the light of every eye -the admiration of every heart ! -How can she bear 34 THE SKETCH BOOK .
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Página 246 - The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me ! " cried Bracebridge, laughing. At the sound of his voice, the bark was changed into a yelp of delight, and in a moment he was surrounded and almost overpowered by the caresses of the faithful animals.
Página 48 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes. It was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip. "I have not slept here all night.
Página 52 - 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.
Página 253 - Then 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. Then, Julia, let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me: And when I shall meet Thy silvery feet, ., . My soul I'll pour into thee.
Página 54 - 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 church-yard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Página 45 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it ; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee!
Página 46 - On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
Página 39 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Página 47 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance...
Página 56 - 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...