The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, 5. kötet1819 |
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65. oldal
... meeting of the Society was held , when an interesting paper from Captain Boog , of the Sir Evan Nepean , was read , descriptive of a journey up the Nile to Thebes , Dendera , & c . This account corroborates the testimony of other ...
... meeting of the Society was held , when an interesting paper from Captain Boog , of the Sir Evan Nepean , was read , descriptive of a journey up the Nile to Thebes , Dendera , & c . This account corroborates the testimony of other ...
74. oldal
... meeting of the next session of Parliament , or till the report of the commissioners re- lative to the Jury Court should be laid be- fore the House . The motion was opposed by Lord CASTLEREAGH , who at the same time stated , that no ...
... meeting of the next session of Parliament , or till the report of the commissioners re- lative to the Jury Court should be laid be- fore the House . The motion was opposed by Lord CASTLEREAGH , who at the same time stated , that no ...
75. oldal
... meeting in September next . Dreadful Accident . On Wednesday the 16th , three boats set out in company , full of passengers , from Largs , where they had been attending the fair the day preceding , for Arran and Tarbet , to which they ...
... meeting in September next . Dreadful Accident . On Wednesday the 16th , three boats set out in company , full of passengers , from Largs , where they had been attending the fair the day preceding , for Arran and Tarbet , to which they ...
78. oldal
... Meetings . In our last number we advert- ed to the resolutions of the Carlisle weav- ers , who , in common with other ... meeting upon the 29th ult . , unani- mously resolved that an oath ought not to be required from any person at ...
... Meetings . In our last number we advert- ed to the resolutions of the Carlisle weav- ers , who , in common with other ... meeting upon the 29th ult . , unani- mously resolved that an oath ought not to be required from any person at ...
80. oldal
... meeting of the pro- prietors took place on the preceding Satur- day , when it appeared that the debt of the House had been augmented from L. 84,000 to L. 90,000 during this experimental sea- son . Various plans of redemptionary finance ...
... meeting of the pro- prietors took place on the preceding Satur- day , when it appeared that the debt of the House had been augmented from L. 84,000 to L. 90,000 during this experimental sea- son . Various plans of redemptionary finance ...
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322. oldal - Rip's story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it. Some were seen to wink at each other and put their tongues in their cheeks ; and the self-important 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. It was determined, however, to take the opinion of old Peter...
318. oldal - ... of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.
320. oldal - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. 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.
322. oldal - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
316. oldal - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
101. oldal - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
316. oldal - ... about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray or get among...
319. oldal - 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.
320. oldal - At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest.
320. oldal - 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.