The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1Lea & Blanchard, 1839 - Americans |
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... never must music be in tune , for the youth must dance and sing to get them a heat , while the aged sit by the fire . The country maid leaves half her market , and must be sent again , if she forgets a pair of cards on Christmas eve ...
... never must music be in tune , for the youth must dance and sing to get them a heat , while the aged sit by the fire . The country maid leaves half her market , and must be sent again , if she forgets a pair of cards on Christmas eve ...
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... never was pedantry so delightful . It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world , and I value this delicious home - feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent ...
... never was pedantry so delightful . It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world , and I value this delicious home - feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent ...
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... never looked at the singer , but kept her eyes cast upon the floor ; her face was suffused , it is true , with a beauti- ful blush , and there was a gentle heaving of the bosom , but all that was doubtless caused by the exercise of the ...
... never looked at the singer , but kept her eyes cast upon the floor ; her face was suffused , it is true , with a beauti- ful blush , and there was a gentle heaving of the bosom , but all that was doubtless caused by the exercise of the ...
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... Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances ; those who were not handsome , were , at least , happy ; and hap piness is a rare improver of your hard - favoured visage . I always consider an ...
... Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances ; those who were not handsome , were , at least , happy ; and hap piness is a rare improver of your hard - favoured visage . I always consider an ...
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... never expected any good to come of taking down that steeple , which , in old times , told nothing but glad tidings , as the history of Whittington and his cat bears witness . The rival oracle of Little Britain is a substantial ...
... never expected any good to come of taking down that steeple , which , in old times , told nothing but glad tidings , as the history of Whittington and his cat bears witness . The rival oracle of Little Britain is a substantial ...
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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