The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, 5. kötet1819 |
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65. oldal
... neral conformation , in their movements , and in their habits . Their horns are more or less large , the greater part being straight ; there are some , however , turned backward . Their fleece is composed of long hair min- gled with ...
... neral conformation , in their movements , and in their habits . Their horns are more or less large , the greater part being straight ; there are some , however , turned backward . Their fleece is composed of long hair min- gled with ...
73. oldal
... neral average of 5 per cent . should be adopt- ed . New Taxes . On the 7th the CHAN- CELLOR brought forward his resolutions for the imposition of new taxes to the a- mount of 3 millions per annum . The ar- ticles to be taxed with their ...
... neral average of 5 per cent . should be adopt- ed . New Taxes . On the 7th the CHAN- CELLOR brought forward his resolutions for the imposition of new taxes to the a- mount of 3 millions per annum . The ar- ticles to be taxed with their ...
123. oldal
... neral style and merit of the work , and for this purpose we shall give the se- cond scene from " The Broken Heart , " assuring our readers that the other pieces in the volume breathe the same spirit , and are inlaid ( if we may use the ...
... neral style and merit of the work , and for this purpose we shall give the se- cond scene from " The Broken Heart , " assuring our readers that the other pieces in the volume breathe the same spirit , and are inlaid ( if we may use the ...
143. oldal
... neral History of Europe . + Schiller's " History of the Separation of the United Provinces from Spain , " and his " History of the Thirty Years War , " without having any claim to historical research , or even historical accuracy , are ...
... neral History of Europe . + Schiller's " History of the Separation of the United Provinces from Spain , " and his " History of the Thirty Years War , " without having any claim to historical research , or even historical accuracy , are ...
179. oldal
... neral , escaped any material injury . The gale principally blew from SE . to SW . and exerted its greatest violence between mid- night and three o'clock the next morning . The quantity of rain was considerable . appears that the ...
... neral , escaped any material injury . The gale principally blew from SE . to SW . and exerted its greatest violence between mid- night and three o'clock the next morning . The quantity of rain was considerable . appears that the ...
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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.