The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 2John Murray, 1834 - 4 pages |
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... considered a sign of ill luck . Herrick mentions it in one of his songs : Come , bring with a noise , My merrie , merrie boyes , The Christmas Log to the firing : While my good dame , she Bids ye all be free , And drink to your hearts ...
... considered a sign of ill luck . Herrick mentions it in one of his songs : Come , bring with a noise , My merrie , merrie boyes , The Christmas Log to the firing : While my good dame , she Bids ye all be free , And drink to your hearts ...
Page 37
... considered rather a young fellow , and he was a master of the revels among the children ; so that there was not a more popular being in the sphere in which he moved than Mr. Simon Bracebridge . Of late years , he had resided almost ...
... considered rather a young fellow , and he was a master of the revels among the children ; so that there was not a more popular being in the sphere in which he moved than Mr. Simon Bracebridge . Of late years , he had resided almost ...
Page 68
... considered time out of mind ; and that , as to the armour , it had been found in a lumber room , and elevated to its present situa- tion by the Squire , who at once determined it to be the armour of the family hero ; and as he was ...
... considered time out of mind ; and that , as to the armour , it had been found in a lumber room , and elevated to its present situa- tion by the Squire , who at once determined it to be the armour of the family hero ; and as he was ...
Page 78
... considered a home thrust . The latter , indeed , seemed fond of being teased on the subject , as old bachelors are apt to be ; and he took occasion to inform me , in an under tone , that the lady in question was a prodigiously fine ...
... considered a home thrust . The latter , indeed , seemed fond of being teased on the subject , as old bachelors are apt to be ; and he took occasion to inform me , in an under tone , that the lady in question was a prodigiously fine ...
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... told that he is actually engaged in a full and particular account of the very inter- esting region in which he resides ; of which the following may be considered merely as a foretaste . ] LITTLE BRITAIN . What I write is most true .
... told that he is actually engaged in a full and particular account of the very inter- esting region in which he resides ; of which the following may be considered merely as a foretaste . ] LITTLE BRITAIN . What I write is most true .
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ancient antiquated Avon Baltus Van Tassel battle of Camperdown beautiful bosom Brom Bones brook Canonchet Charlecot charm cheer Christmas church churchyard companion cottage cudgel customs dance dark delight dish door face fancied favourite feelings festivity fire forest Frank Bracebridge gathered ghost goblin grave green hall hand haunted head heard heart holyday honest honour horse humour hung Ichabod Ichabod Crane Indian Izaak Walton John Bull Justice Shallow kind knight-errant lady Lambs land Little Britain look Lord mansion Master Simon ment merry mind nature neighbourhood neighbours night observed old English old family old gentleman parson passed peacock Philip POKANOKET poor pride quiet round rustic savage scene seemed Shakspeare side Sleepy Hollow sometimes song sound spirit Squire steed story Stratford stream thee thing Thomas Lucy thought tion trees tribes turn village Wampanoags wandering warrior Wassail whole wild window worthy young
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Page 136 - Hark ! hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs, On chaliced flowers that lies. And winking mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes ; With every thing that pretty bin : My lady sweet, arise ! Arise ! arise ! Indeed the whole country about here is poetic ground : every thing is associated with the idea of Shakspeare.
Page 10 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 129 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be he that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Page 306 - Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups and in the very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late.
Page 300 - In the centre of the road stood an enormous tulip-tree, which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air.
Page 271 - Hollow, as they sometimes called him. He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of...
Page 266 - Indeed it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils. The revenue arising from his school was small, and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance he was, according to country custom in those parts, boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed.
Page 40 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will o...
Page 300 - All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon now came crowding upon his recollection. The night grew darker and darker, the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lonely and dismal. He was, moreover, approaching the very place where many of the scenes of the ghost stories had been laid.
Page 313 - God send thee good passage, And specially let this be thy prayere, Unto them all that thee will read or hear, Where thou art wrong, after their help to call, Thee to correct in any part or all.