The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volumen1Carey, 1835 |
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... Baron Von Landshort . It is now quite fallen to decay , and almost buried among beech trees and dark firs ; abo- ve which , however , its old watch - tower may still be seen struggling , like the former possessor I have mentioned , to ...
... Baron Von Landshort . It is now quite fallen to decay , and almost buried among beech trees and dark firs ; abo- ve which , however , its old watch - tower may still be seen struggling , like the former possessor I have mentioned , to ...
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... baron was a dry branch of the great family of Kat- zenellenbogen ( 1 ) , and inherited the reliques of the pro- perty , and all the pride of h's ancestors , Though the warlike disposition of his predecessors had much impai- red the ...
... baron was a dry branch of the great family of Kat- zenellenbogen ( 1 ) , and inherited the reliques of the pro- perty , and all the pride of h's ancestors , Though the warlike disposition of his predecessors had much impai- red the ...
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... Baron Von Landshort might be provided with children , his household was by no me- ans a small one ; for Providence had enriched him with abundance of poor relations . They , one and all , posses- sed the affectionate disposition common ...
... Baron Von Landshort might be provided with children , his household was by no me- ans a small one ; for Providence had enriched him with abundance of poor relations . They , one and all , posses- sed the affectionate disposition common ...
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... baron , and took every possible occasion to come in swarms and enliven the castle . All family festivals were commemorated by these good people at the baron's expense ; and when they were filled with good cheer , they would declare that ...
... baron , and took every possible occasion to come in swarms and enliven the castle . All family festivals were commemorated by these good people at the baron's expense ; and when they were filled with good cheer , they would declare that ...
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... baron was no less busied in preparations . He had , in truth , nothing exactly to do : but he was naturally a fuming bustling little man , and could not remain passive when all the world was in a hurry . He worried from top to bottom of ...
... baron was no less busied in preparations . He had , in truth , nothing exactly to do : but he was naturally a fuming bustling little man , and could not remain passive when all the world was in a hurry . He worried from top to bottom 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.