American Humour in Prose and VerseCassell, Limited, 1903 - 318 עמודים |
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עמוד 37
... asked us if New Grenada wasn't a Republic ? We said it " I thought so , " he said . " Of course I mean no disrespect to the United States of America in the remark , but I think I prefer a bloated monarchy ! " He smiled sadly - then ...
... asked us if New Grenada wasn't a Republic ? We said it " I thought so , " he said . " Of course I mean no disrespect to the United States of America in the remark , but I think I prefer a bloated monarchy ! " He smiled sadly - then ...
עמוד 45
... asked the company present to join him in a North - American drink . One individual was rash enough to refuse . With a look of sorrow rather than of anger the desperado revealed his revolver , and said " Good God ! Must I kill a man ...
... asked the company present to join him in a North - American drink . One individual was rash enough to refuse . With a look of sorrow rather than of anger the desperado revealed his revolver , and said " Good God ! Must I kill a man ...
עמוד 49
... bonfires blazed all along the road to Placerville . The citizens met the coach in the out - skirts of Mud Springs , and Mr. Monk reined in his foam - covered steeds . " Is Mr. Greeley on board ? " asked the TO CALIFORnia and BaCK . 49.
... bonfires blazed all along the road to Placerville . The citizens met the coach in the out - skirts of Mud Springs , and Mr. Monk reined in his foam - covered steeds . " Is Mr. Greeley on board ? " asked the TO CALIFORnia and BaCK . 49.
עמוד 50
John Hamer. " Is Mr. Greeley on board ? " asked the chairman of the com- mittee . 66 “ He was , a few miles back ! " said Mr. Monk ; yes , " he added , after looking down through the hole which the fearful jolting had made in the coach ...
John Hamer. " Is Mr. Greeley on board ? " asked the chairman of the com- mittee . 66 “ He was , a few miles back ! " said Mr. Monk ; yes , " he added , after looking down through the hole which the fearful jolting had made in the coach ...
עמוד 114
... asked he . " Judith Gardenier . " " And your father's name ? " " Ah , poor man , his name was Rip Van Winkle ; it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun , and never has been heard of since ; his dog came home without ...
... asked he . " Judith Gardenier . " " And your father's name ? " " Ah , poor man , his name was Rip Van Winkle ; it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun , and never has been heard of since ; his dog came home without ...
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עמוד 95 - 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 of...
עמוד 80 - He would build one shay to beat the taown 'n' the keounty 'n' all the kentry raoun' ; It should be so built that it couldn' break daown . — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T" make that place uz strong uz the rest.
עמוד 98 - He now suspected that the grave roysterers of the mountain had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. Wolf, too, had disappeared, but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him and shouted his name, but all in vain ; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen. He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening's gambol, and if he met with any of the party, to demand his dog and gun. As...
עמוד 102 - ... selfimportant man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth, and shook his head — upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage.
עמוד 98 - He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people...
עמוד 13 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
עמוד 95 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing.
עמוד 146 - There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted.
עמוד 102 - There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence. The honest man could contain himself no longer. He caught his daughter and her child in his arms. "I am your father!" cried he — "Young Rip Van Winkle once — old Rip Van Winkle now! — Does nobody know poor Rip Van Winkle!
עמוד 97 - 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.