The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volumen1Carey, 1835 |
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... arm , her slender form contrasted finely with his tall manly person . " The fond confiding air with which she looked up to him seemed to call forth a flush of triumphant pride and che- rishing tenderness , as if he doated on his lovely ...
... arm , her slender form contrasted finely with his tall manly person . " The fond confiding air with which she looked up to him seemed to call forth a flush of triumphant pride and che- rishing tenderness , as if he doated on his lovely ...
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... arms round my neck , and asked if this was all that had lately made me unhappy . -But , poor girl , » added he , « she cannot realize the change we must undergo . She has no idea of poverty but in the abstract ; she has only read of it ...
... arms round my neck , and asked if this was all that had lately made me unhappy . -But , poor girl , » added he , « she cannot realize the change we must undergo . She has no idea of poverty but in the abstract ; she has only read of it ...
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... arm within his , and looking up brightly in his face . « Oh , we shall be so happy ! » Poor Leslie was overcome - He caught her to his bosom - he folded his arms round her he kissed her again and again - he could not speak , but the ...
... arm within his , and looking up brightly in his face . « Oh , we shall be so happy ! » Poor Leslie was overcome - He caught her to his bosom - he folded his arms round her he kissed her again and again - he could not speak , but the ...
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... arm , and , rising on tiptoe , inquired in his ear , « Whether he was Federal or Democrat ? » Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question ; when a knowing , self - important old gentle- man , in a sharp cocked hat , made his ...
... arm , and , rising on tiptoe , inquired in his ear , « Whether he was Federal or Democrat ? » Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question ; when a knowing , self - important old gentle- man , in a sharp cocked hat , made his ...
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... arms , which , frightened at his looks , began to cry . « Hush , Rip , cried she , « hush , you little fool ; the old man won't hurt you . The name of the child , the air of the mother , the tone of her voice , all awakened a train of ...
... arms , which , frightened at his looks , began to cry . « Hush , Rip , cried she , « hush , you little fool ; the old man won't hurt you . The name of the child , the air of the mother , the tone of her voice , all awakened a train of ...
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Página 43 - 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 41 - 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 34 - ... 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 of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!
Página 173 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ', nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Página 131 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; 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 44 - Half-moon, being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name ; that his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain ; and that he himself had heard, one summer afternoon, the sound of their balls, like distant peals of thunder.
Página 136 - If thou art a child, and hast ever added a sorrow to the soul, or a furrow to the silvered brow of an affectionate parent; if thou art a husband, and hast ever caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth...
Página 36 - What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene but the noise of the balls, which, whenever they were rolled, echoed along the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder.
Página 33 - When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs ; but when pleased, he would...
Página 40 - Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible.