The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1Lea & Blanchard, 1839 |
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... 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 . delighted to loll over the quarter - railing or climb 16 THE VOYAGE .
... 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 . delighted to loll over the quarter - railing or climb 16 THE VOYAGE .
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delighted to loll over the quarter - railing or climb to the main - top , of a calm day , and muse for hours to- gether on the tranquil bosom of a summer's sea ; — to gaze upon the piles of golden clouds just peering , above the horizon ...
delighted to loll over the quarter - railing or climb to the main - top , of a calm day , and muse for hours to- gether on the tranquil bosom of a summer's sea ; — to gaze upon the piles of golden clouds just peering , above the horizon ...
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... delight on neat cottages , with their trim shrubberies and 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 neighbouring hill - all were ...
... delight on neat cottages , with their trim shrubberies and 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 neighbouring hill - all were ...
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... delight in disappointing the assiduities of art , with which it would rear legitimate dulness to maturity ; and to glory in the vigour and luxuriance of her chance productions . She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds , and though ...
... delight in disappointing the assiduities of art , with which it would rear legitimate dulness to maturity ; and to glory in the vigour and luxuriance of her chance productions . She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds , and though ...
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... delightful . A fine lawn sloped away from it , studded with clumps of trees , so disposed as to break a soft fertile country into a variety of land- scapes . The Mersey was seen winding a broad quiet sheet of water through an expanse of ...
... delightful . A fine lawn sloped away from it , studded with clumps of trees , so disposed as to break a soft fertile country into a variety of land- scapes . The Mersey was seen winding a broad quiet sheet of water through an expanse of ...
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Page 51 - He was a short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard. His dress was of the antique Dutch fashion: a cloth jerkin...
Page 58 - A tory! A tory! A spy! A refugee! Hustle him! Away with him!" It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order; and, having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit, what he came there for and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but merely came there in search of some of his neighbors who used to keep about the tavern. "Well, who are they? Name them.
Page 45 - 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 heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
Page 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.
Page 58 - Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand : war—Congress—Stony Point; he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, " Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle ?"
Page 49 - ... of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. Here he would sometimes seat himself at the foot of a tree, and share the contents of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he sympathized as a fellow-sufferer in persecution. "Poor Wolf...
Page 187 - If thou art a child, and hast ever added a sorrow to the soul, or a furrow to the silvered brow of an affectionate parent — if thou art a husband, and hast ever caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms, to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth...
Page 136 - The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if in prayer, but I could perceive by a feeble rocking of the body, and a convulsive motion of...
Page 57 - They crowded round him, eyeing him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired on which side he voted.
Page 65 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...