The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqB. Tauchnitz, 1843 - 361 pages |
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... neighbourhood . The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour . It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock , with a rod as long and ...
... neighbourhood . The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour . It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock , with a rod as long and ...
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... neighbourhood in need of his assistance , he hastened down to yield it . - On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the sin- gularity of the stranger's appearance . He was a short square- built old fellow , with thick bushy ...
... neighbourhood in need of his assistance , he hastened down to yield it . - On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the sin- gularity of the stranger's appearance . He was a short square- built old fellow , with thick bushy ...
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... neighbourhood . He re- collected Rip at once , and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner . He assured the company that it was a fact , handed down from his ancestor the historian , that the Kaatskill mountains had ...
... neighbourhood . He re- collected Rip at once , and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner . He assured the company that it was a fact , handed down from his ancestor the historian , that the Kaatskill mountains had ...
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... neighbourhood but knew it by heart . Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it , and insisted that Rip had been out of his head , and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty . The old Dutch inhabitants , how ...
... neighbourhood but knew it by heart . Some always pretended to doubt the reality of it , and insisted that Rip had been out of his head , and that this was one point on which he always remained flighty . The old Dutch inhabitants , how ...
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... neighbourhoods afford speci- mens of the different ranks . The English , in fact , are strongly gifted with the rural feeling . They possess a quick sensibility to the beauties of nature , and a keen relish for the pleasures and RURAL ...
... neighbourhoods afford speci- mens of the different ranks . The English , in fact , are strongly gifted with the rural feeling . They possess a quick sensibility to the beauties of nature , and a keen relish for the pleasures and RURAL ...
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