The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1Lea & Blanchard, 1839 - Americans |
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... English , from the great prevalence of rural habits throughout every class of society , have always been fond of those festivals and holydays which agreeably interrupt the stillness of country life ; and they were in former days ...
... English , from the great prevalence of rural habits throughout every class of society , have always been fond of those festivals and holydays which agreeably interrupt the stillness of country life ; and they were in former days ...
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... English bosom . The preparations making on every side for the social board that is again to unite friends and kindred - the presents of good cheer passing and repassing , those tokens of regard and quickeners of kind feelings - the ...
... English bosom . The preparations making on every side for the social board that is again to unite friends and kindred - the presents of good cheer passing and repassing , those tokens of regard and quickeners of kind feelings - the ...
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... English stage - coachman may be seen , he cannot be mistaken for one of any other craft or mystery . He has commonly a broad full face , curiously mot- tled with red , as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of ...
... English stage - coachman may be seen , he cannot be mistaken for one of any other craft or mystery . He has commonly a broad full face , curiously mot- tled with red , as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of ...
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... English inn . It was of spacious dimensions , hung round with copper and tin vessels highly polished , and decorated here and there with a Christmas green . Hams , tongues , and flitches of bacon , were suspended from the ceiling ; a ...
... English inn . It was of spacious dimensions , hung round with copper and tin vessels highly polished , and decorated here and there with a Christmas green . Hams , tongues , and flitches of bacon , were suspended from the ceiling ; a ...
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... English hospitality . He is a tolera- ble specimen of what you will rarely meet with now- a - days in its purity , the old English country gentle- man ; for our men of fortune spend so much of their time in town , and fashion is carried ...
... English hospitality . He is a tolera- ble specimen of what you will rarely meet with now- a - days in its purity , the old English country gentle- man ; for our men of fortune spend so much of their time in town , and fashion is carried ...
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Page 112 - minds: Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust inclosed here. Blessed be he that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. Just over the grave, in a niche of the wall, is a bust of Shakspeare, put up shortly after his death, and
Page 244 - and racketing about the green, in joy at their early emancipation. The gallant Ichabod now spent at least an extra half-hour at his toilet, brushing and furbishing up his best, and indeed only suit of rusty black, and arranging his looks by a bit of broken looking-glass, that hung up in the school-house. That he
Page 248 - charms that burst upon the enraptured gaze of my hero, as he entered the state parlour of Van Tassel's mansion. Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses, with their luxurious display of red and white; but the ample charms of a genuine Dutch country teatable, in the sumptuous time of autumn. Such
Page 228 - were enjoying the sunshine on the roof. Sleek, unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, from whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining
Page 230 - were suspended above it; a great ostrich egg was hung from the centre of the room, and a corner cupboard, knowingly left open, displayed immense treasures of old silver and well-mended china. From the moment Ichabod laid his eyes upon these regions of delight, the peace of
Page 264 - upon the traveller. The hair of the affrighted pedagogue rose upon his head with terror. What was to be done'! To turn and fly was now too late; and besides, what chance was there of escaping ghost or goblin, if such it was, which could ride upon the wings of the wind ? Summoning up, therefore, a show of courage,
Page 263 - crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and thickly-wooded glen, known by the name of Wiley's Swamp. A few rough logs, laid side by side, served for a bridge over this stream. On that side of the road where the brook
Page 227 - a morsel soon found favour in his eyes, more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion. Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented, liberal-hearted farmer. He seldom, it is true, sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond
Page 33 - out, it was considered a sign of ill luck. Herrick mentions it in one of his songs: Come bring with a noise, My merrie, merrie boys, The Christmas Log to the firing; While my good dame she Bids ye