The sketch bookGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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... green grass plots . I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill — all were characteristic of England . The tide and wind were so favorable ...
... green grass plots . I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill — all were characteristic of England . The tide and wind were so favorable ...
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... it , studded wit a clumps of trees , so disposed as to break a soft fertile country into a variety of landscapes . The Mersey was seen winding a broad quiet sheet of water through an expanse of green meadow - 2 ROSCOE . 25.
... it , studded wit a clumps of trees , so disposed as to break a soft fertile country into a variety of landscapes . The Mersey was seen winding a broad quiet sheet of water through an expanse of green meadow - 2 ROSCOE . 25.
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Washington Irving. sheet of water through an expanse of green meadow - land ; while the Welsh mountains , blended with clouds , and melting into dis- tance , bordered the horizon . This was Roscoe's favorite residence during the days of ...
Washington Irving. sheet of water through an expanse of green meadow - land ; while the Welsh mountains , blended with clouds , and melting into dis- tance , bordered the horizon . This was Roscoe's favorite residence during the days of ...
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... green of the nearer land- scape . It is a little village , of great antiquity , having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists , in the early times of the province , just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter ...
... green of the nearer land- scape . It is a little village , of great antiquity , having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists , in the early times of the province , just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter ...
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... green knoll , covered with mountain herbage , that crowned the brow of a precipice . From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland . He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson ...
... green knoll , covered with mountain herbage , that crowned the brow of a precipice . From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland . He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson ...
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abbey ancient antiquity baron beautiful Boar's Head bosom Bracebridge Canonchet castle character charm Christmas church church-yard cottage countenance custom Dame dark delight distant door earth Eastcheap Edward the Confessor England English Falstaff fancy favorite feelings fire flowers gathered goblin grave green hall hand heard heart horse hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian John Bull kind lady Little Britain living look mansion Master Simon melancholy merry mind mingled monuments mountain Narragansets nature neighborhood neighboring never night noble observed old English old gentleman once passed Philip poet poor pride quiet Rip Van Winkle round rural scene seated seemed Shakspeare side sleep Sleepy Hollow sometimes song sorrow soul sound spectre spirit squire story sweet tender thing thought tion tomb trees turn village wandering Wassail Wat Tyler Westminster Abbey whole wild William Walworth window worthy young
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Página 252 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Página 49 - 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 !" Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
Página 156 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife.
Página 61 - Rip's daughter took him home to live with her; she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout, cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back. As to Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself, seen leaning against the tree, he was employed to work on the farm; but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business.
Página 51 - ... like distant thunder, that seemed to issue out of a deep ravine, or rather cleft, between lofty rocks, toward which their rugged path conducted. He paused for an instant, but supposing it to be the muttering of one of those transient thundershowers which often take place in mountain heights, he proceeded.
Página 55 - 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 180 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Página 49 - ... 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 58 - 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 43 - 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.