The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ..., Volumen 3Duncombe., 1824 |
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... scarcely believe them to be Esquimaux . There was , besides a degree of lankness in the faces of the two men , the very reverse of the plump round oily cheeks of those we .. had before seen . " Their countenances at the time im- pressed ...
... scarcely believe them to be Esquimaux . There was , besides a degree of lankness in the faces of the two men , the very reverse of the plump round oily cheeks of those we .. had before seen . " Their countenances at the time im- pressed ...
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... scarcely a person in the world really fond of it , in whose mind its sound is not more or less connected with " his far distant home . " There are always some remembrances which render them inseparable , and those associations are to be ...
... scarcely a person in the world really fond of it , in whose mind its sound is not more or less connected with " his far distant home . " There are always some remembrances which render them inseparable , and those associations are to be ...
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... scarcely less difficult to imagine than to describe the contrast between exposure to all the horrors of such tremendous inclemency , and the fireside comforts we on board were enjoying . " It would be impossible to give our readers any ...
... scarcely less difficult to imagine than to describe the contrast between exposure to all the horrors of such tremendous inclemency , and the fireside comforts we on board were enjoying . " It would be impossible to give our readers any ...
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... scarcely knew me ) that she was to espouse , and I was determined to question and examine her closely on the subject . The result was just what I had anticipated , she was forced into the measure , and was resigned to enjoy af- fluence ...
... scarcely knew me ) that she was to espouse , and I was determined to question and examine her closely on the subject . The result was just what I had anticipated , she was forced into the measure , and was resigned to enjoy af- fluence ...
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... scarcely deigned to wave beneath the passing zephyr that agitated their foliage for a moment , and in the next had left all as still and solemnly silent as the grave . It was such an evening as would be peculiarly fitted to conjure up ...
... scarcely deigned to wave beneath the passing zephyr that agitated their foliage for a moment , and in the next had left all as still and solemnly silent as the grave . It was such an evening as would be peculiarly fitted to conjure up ...
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Página 54 - Muse The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 295 - 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" He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep.
Página 294 - On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene ; evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors...
Página 293 - 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 294 - They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guide's.
Página 294 - ... surrounded by perpendicular precipices, over the brinks of which, impending trees shot their branches, so that you only caught glimpses of the azure sky, and the bright evening cloud.
Página 291 - When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him; when blasted in fortune, and disgrace and danger darkened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his very sufferings. If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her, whose whole soul was occupied by his image? Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth — who have sat at its threshold, as one shut out...
Página 295 - As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,...
Página 69 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, Of the City of London...
Página 294 - What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed.