The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1John Murray, 1834 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) |
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... given to day- dreaming , and fond of losing himself in reveries , a sea voyage is full of subjects for meditation ; but then they are the wonders of the deep , and of the air , and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes ...
... given to day- dreaming , and fond of losing himself in reveries , a sea voyage is full of subjects for meditation ; but then they are the wonders of the deep , and of the air , and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes ...
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... given from the mast head . None but those who have experienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of sensations which rush into an American's bosom , when he first comes in sight of Europe . There is a volume of associations ...
... given from the mast head . None but those who have experienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of sensations which rush into an American's bosom , when he first comes in sight of Europe . There is a volume of associations ...
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... given him the greatest interest in my eyes , and induced me particularly to point him out to my countrymen . Eminent as are his literary merits , he is but one among the many distinguished authors of this intellectual nation . They ...
... given him the greatest interest in my eyes , and induced me particularly to point him out to my countrymen . Eminent as are his literary merits , he is but one among the many distinguished authors of this intellectual nation . They ...
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... given for the circumstance , which it would be difficult to combat with others that might seem merely fanciful ; but it certainly appears to me such an opportunity as seldom occurs , of cheering a noble mind struggling under misfortunes ...
... given for the circumstance , which it would be difficult to combat with others that might seem merely fanciful ; but it certainly appears to me such an opportunity as seldom occurs , of cheering a noble mind struggling under misfortunes ...
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... on their new - year cakes , and have thus given him a chance for immortality , almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo medal , or a Queen Anne's farthing . ] RIP VAN WINKLE . A POSTHUMOUS WRITING OF DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
... on their new - year cakes , and have thus given him a chance for immortality , almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo medal , or a Queen Anne's farthing . ] RIP VAN WINKLE . A POSTHUMOUS WRITING OF DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
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