The sketch bookGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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... hours together on the tranquil bosom of a sum- mer's sea ; to gaze upon the piles of golden clouds just peering above the horizon , fancy them some fairy realms , and people them with a creation of my own ; -to watch the gentle ...
... hours together on the tranquil bosom of a sum- mer's sea ; to gaze upon the piles of golden clouds just peering above the horizon , fancy them some fairy realms , and people them with a creation of my own ; -to watch the gentle ...
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... hours in the dense fog . We fired signal guns , and listen- ed if we might hear the halloo of any survivors : but all was silent - we never saw or heard any thing of them more . " I confess these stories , for a time , put an end to all ...
... hours in the dense fog . We fired signal guns , and listen- ed if we might hear the halloo of any survivors : but all was silent - we never saw or heard any thing of them more . " I confess these stories , for a time , put an end to all ...
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... hour you may , you are sure to find it filled with grave - looking person- ages , deeply absorbed in the study of newspapers . As I was once visiting this haunt of the learned , my attention was attracted to a person just entering the ...
... hour you may , you are sure to find it filled with grave - looking person- ages , deeply absorbed in the study of newspapers . As I was once visiting this haunt of the learned , my attention was attracted to a person just entering the ...
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... hours and seasons snatched from the pursuit of worldly interests , by intelligent and public - spirited individuals . He has shown how much may be done for a place in hours of leisure by one master spirit , and how completely it can ...
... hours and seasons snatched from the pursuit of worldly interests , by intelligent and public - spirited individuals . He has shown how much may be done for a place in hours of leisure by one master spirit , and how completely it can ...
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... hours become in the seasons of adversity . When all that is worldly turns to dross around us , these only retain their steady value . When friends grow cold , and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace ...
... hours become in the seasons of adversity . When all that is worldly turns to dross around us , these only retain their steady value . When friends grow cold , and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace ...
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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.