Essays from the Sketch BookHoughton Mifflin Company, 1891 |
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... favorite topics ; whereas he found the old burghers , and still more their wives , rich in that legendary lore so invaluable to true history . Whenever , therefore , he happened upon a genuine Dutch family , snugly shut up in its low ...
... favorite topics ; whereas he found the old burghers , and still more their wives , rich in that legendary lore so invaluable to true history . Whenever , therefore , he happened upon a genuine Dutch family , snugly shut up in its low ...
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... favorite among all the good wives of the village , who , as usual with the amiable sex , took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed , whenever they talked those matters 1 The Van Winkles appear in the illustrious catalogue ...
... favorite among all the good wives of the village , who , as usual with the amiable sex , took his part in all family squabbles ; and never failed , whenever they talked those matters 1 The Van Winkles appear in the illustrious catalogue ...
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... favorite sport of squirrel shooting , and the still solitudes had echoed and reëchoed with the re- ports of his gun . Panting and fatigued , he threw himself , late in the afternoon , on a green knoll , cov- ered with mountain herbage ...
... favorite sport of squirrel shooting , and the still solitudes had echoed and reëchoed with the re- ports of his gun . Panting and fatigued , he threw himself , late in the afternoon , on a green knoll , cov- ered with mountain herbage ...
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... favorite abode of this Manitou is still shown . It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains , and from the flowering vines which clamber about it , and the wild flowers which abound in its neighborhood , is known ...
... favorite abode of this Manitou is still shown . It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains , and from the flowering vines which clamber about it , and the wild flowers which abound in its neighborhood , is known ...
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... favorite scene of her gambols . The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander - in - chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a fig . ure on horseback , without a head ...
... favorite scene of her gambols . The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander - in - chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a fig . ure on horseback , without a head ...
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Essays from the Sketch Book: With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait and Notes Washington Irving Vista de fragmentos - 1891 |
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Página 24 - Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in the village. "Alas! gentlemen...
Página 13 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Página 26 - Vanderdonk. 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 always been haunted by strange beings. That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon...
Página 12 - ... of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces ; his cow would either go astray, or get among the cabbages ; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than...
Página 19 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Página 11 - The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood.
Página 11 - 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.
Página 22 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Página 28 - ... this was one point on which he always remained flighty. The old Dutch inhabitants, however, almost universally gave it full credit. Even to this day they never hear a thunder-storm of a summer afternoon about the Kaatskill, but they say Hendrick Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins ; and it is a common wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon.
Página 9 - 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.