Chronicles of Wolfert's roost and other papers. Author's ed, 77. kötet |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 51 találatból.
. oldal
... spirit . " - Nonconformist . " We hail the present volume as a veritable treasure of information , instruction , rich description , attractive incident , and picture writing , not to be surpassed in the range of modern literature ...
... spirit . " - Nonconformist . " We hail the present volume as a veritable treasure of information , instruction , rich description , attractive incident , and picture writing , not to be surpassed in the range of modern literature ...
. oldal
... spirit of the classical scholar and feeling of the love of art combined to direct his steps , and prevail in his volume . " - Nonconformist . " Hermann Hettner is a well - informed and clever man , and whether he writes upon the ...
... spirit of the classical scholar and feeling of the love of art combined to direct his steps , and prevail in his volume . " - Nonconformist . " Hermann Hettner is a well - informed and clever man , and whether he writes upon the ...
1. oldal
... spirit , and values itself greatly on its antiquity , being one of the oldest edifices , for its size , in the whole country . It claims to be an ancient seat of empire , I may rather say an empire in itself , and , like all empires ...
... spirit , and values itself greatly on its antiquity , being one of the oldest edifices , for its size , in the whole country . It claims to be an ancient seat of empire , I may rather say an empire in itself , and , like all empires ...
3. oldal
... spirit of annexation ; this kept him in con- tinual feud with the neighbouring sachems , each of whom stood up stoutly for his handbreadth of territory ; so that there is not petty stream nor rugged hill in the neighbour- hood , that ...
... spirit of annexation ; this kept him in con- tinual feud with the neighbouring sachems , each of whom stood up stoutly for his handbreadth of territory ; so that there is not petty stream nor rugged hill in the neighbour- hood , that ...
29. oldal
... spirit which extends its cares beyond its horizon , and imports trouble and per- plexity from all quarters in newspapers . In fact , newspapers are almost unknown in these villages , and as French is the current language , the ...
... spirit which extends its cares beyond its horizon , and imports trouble and per- plexity from all quarters in newspapers . In fact , newspapers are almost unknown in these villages , and as French is the current language , the ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers. Author's Ed Washington Irving Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2023 |
Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers. Author's Ed Washington Irving Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers. Author's Ed Washington Irving Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2023 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
ancient appeared arms arrived bank beautiful became Bermudas brought called carried cavalier character Cities commander considered Count course court daughter delighted door duchess Duke effect English entered everything eyes fact fancy father feelings felt Fernando fire fortune French gave give given hand head heard heart horse hundred Indians island keep kind knew ladies land length light lived looked lost manner means mind morning nature never night object observed once Paris passed person present Prince promise received Regent remained river round seated seemed seen side sister soon sound spirit story things thought tion took trees true turned village visited whole wife wild young youth
Népszerű szakaszok
308. oldal - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
41. oldal - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
21. oldal - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
94. oldal - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
26. oldal - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
94. oldal - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
22. oldal - Pennsylvania epicures ; the rival in unlucky fame of the ortolan ! Wherever he goes, pop ! pop ! pop ! every rusty firelock in the country is blazing away. He sees his companions falling by thousands around him. " Does he take warning, and reform ? Alas, not he ! Incorrigible epicure ! again he wings his flight.
83. oldal - Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil at her song And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
28. oldal - ... of the poorest, I was assured he was one of the merriest and most popular personages in his native village. Compere Martin, as he was commonly called, was the factotum of the place, — sportsman, schoolmaster, and land-surveyor. He could sing, dance, and, above all, play on the fiddle, an invaluable accomplishment in an old French Creole village, for the inhabitants have a hereditary love for balls and fetes. If they work but little, they dance a great deal ; and a fiddle is the joy of their...
20. oldal - Nature is in all her freshness and fragrance: "the rains are over and gone, the flowers appear upon the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land.