The Beauties of Washington IrvingCarey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835 - 270 páginas |
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... never went be- yond the domains of the castle , unless well attended , or rather well watched ; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and implicit obedience ; and , as to the men - pah ! she was taught to hold them at ...
... never went be- yond the domains of the castle , unless well attended , or rather well watched ; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and implicit obedience ; and , as to the men - pah ! she was taught to hold them at ...
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... never seen , but of whose charms he had received the most enrapturing descrip- tions . As the route of the friends lay in the same direction , they agreed to perform the rest of their journey together ; and that they might do it the ...
... never seen , but of whose charms he had received the most enrapturing descrip- tions . As the route of the friends lay in the same direction , they agreed to perform the rest of their journey together ; and that they might do it the ...
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... never loud ; but where is the fe- male ear so dull that it cannot catch the softest whisper of the lover ? There was a mingled tenderness and gra- vity in his manner , that appeared to have a powerful ef- fect upon the young lady . Her ...
... never loud ; but where is the fe- male ear so dull that it cannot catch the softest whisper of the lover ? There was a mingled tenderness and gra- vity in his manner , that appeared to have a powerful ef- fect upon the young lady . Her ...
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Washington Irving. told his best and longest stories , and never had he told them so well , or with such great effect . If there was any thing marvellous , his auditors were lost in astonish- ment ; and if any thing facetious , they were ...
Washington Irving. told his best and longest stories , and never had he told them so well , or with such great effect . If there was any thing marvellous , his auditors were lost in astonish- ment ; and if any thing facetious , they were ...
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... never sleep in that chamber again ; the niece , for once was refractory , and declared as strongly , that she would sleep in no other in the castle : the consequence was , that she had to sleep in it alone ; but she drew a promise from ...
... never sleep in that chamber again ; the niece , for once was refractory , and declared as strongly , that she would sleep in no other in the castle : the consequence was , that she had to sleep in it alone ; but she drew a promise from ...
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Página 147 - ... and laying it on those of the strong. Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough, wrongheaded, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch. All this he called "doing his duty by their parents; " and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to the...
Página 146 - To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.
Página 258 - As he approached the stream, his heart began to thump; he summoned up, however, all his resolution, gave his horse half a score of kicks in the ribs, and attempted to dash briskly across the bridge ; but instead of starting forward, the perverse old animal made a lateral movement, and ran broadside against the fence. Ichabod, whose fears increased with the delay, jerked the reins on the other side, and kicked lustily with the contrary foot: it was all in vain. His steed started, it is true ; but...
Página 148 - ... his own mind he completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the mill-pond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. Thus by divers little makeshifts in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated "by hook...
Página 30 - Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior, and a fine gentleman, clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered.
Página 27 - Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing.
Página 28 - Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial.
Página 256 - All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon, now came crowding upon his recollection. The night grew darker and darker ; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lonely and dismal. He was, moreover, approaching the very place where many of the scenes of the ghost stories had been laid.
Página 158 - ... accustomed to lie at anchor on the banks. The wind was blowing a smacking breeze, and we were going at a great rate through the water. Suddenly the watch gave the alarm of ' a sail ahead !' — it was scarcely uttered before we were upon her.
Página 31 - Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded...