Ten Selections from The Sketch-bookAmerican book Company, 1892 - 149 páginas |
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... mountains , with their bright aerial tints ; her valleys , teeming with wild fertility ; her tremendous cataracts , thundering in their solitudes ; her boundless plains , waving with spontaneous verdure ; her broad , deep rivers ...
... mountains , with their bright aerial tints ; her valleys , teeming with wild fertility ; her tremendous cataracts , thundering in their solitudes ; her boundless plains , waving with spontaneous verdure ; her broad , deep rivers ...
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... by the mountain waves . As I saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns , it Her bow her buoyancy . Her yards would dip into seemed miraculous that she regained her balance , or preserved 20 IRVING .
... by the mountain waves . As I saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns , it Her bow her buoyancy . Her yards would dip into seemed miraculous that she regained her balance , or preserved 20 IRVING .
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... Ireland , stretching out into the Channel ; the Welsh mountains , towering into the clouds , – sey , 1 I reconnoitered the shores with a telescope all were objects of intense interest . As we sailed up the Mer- THE SKETCH - B00K . 21.
... Ireland , stretching out into the Channel ; the Welsh mountains , towering into the clouds , – sey , 1 I reconnoitered the shores with a telescope all were objects of intense interest . As we sailed up the Mer- THE SKETCH - B00K . 21.
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... echoed and prolonged by the mountain waves . As I saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns , it Her yards would dip into the water . Her bow seemed miraculous that she regained her balance , or preserved 20 IRVING .
... echoed and prolonged by the mountain waves . As I saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns , it Her yards would dip into the water . Her bow seemed miraculous that she regained her balance , or preserved 20 IRVING .
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... Ireland , stretching out into the Channel ; the Welsh mountains , towering into the clouds , HERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delight- all were objects of intense interest . As we sailed up the Mer- THE SKETCH - BOOK . 21.
... Ireland , stretching out into the Channel ; the Welsh mountains , towering into the clouds , HERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delight- all were objects of intense interest . As we sailed up the Mer- THE SKETCH - BOOK . 21.
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Página 78 - 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. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.
Página 62 - If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.
Página 83 - ... of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another, and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.
Página 83 - The very village was altered : it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared.
Página 87 - ... 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 70 - It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day ; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory...
Página 40 - Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand. March'd boldly up, like our...
Página 79 - ... those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.
Página 20 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 82 - There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group reminded Rip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement.