The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835 - Americans |
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... Son 137 The Boar's Head Tavern 147 The Mutability of Literature Rural Funerals The Inn Kitchen The Spectre Bridegroom Westminster Abbey 163 179 .... 195 ...... 198 ....... 221 ΤΟ SIR WALTER SCOTT , BART THIS WORK IS DEDICATED.
... Son 137 The Boar's Head Tavern 147 The Mutability of Literature Rural Funerals The Inn Kitchen The Spectre Bridegroom Westminster Abbey 163 179 .... 195 ...... 198 ....... 221 ΤΟ SIR WALTER SCOTT , BART THIS WORK IS DEDICATED.
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... abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighbouring hill — all were char- acteristic of England . The tide and wind were so favourable , that the ship was enabled to come at once to ...
... abbey overrun with ivy , and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighbouring hill — all were char- acteristic of England . The tide and wind were so favourable , that the ship was enabled to come at once to ...
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... Abbey , enjoying that luxury of wandering thought which one is apt to dig- nify with the name of reflection ; when suddenly an irruption of madcap boys from Westminster school , playing at foot - ball , broke in upon the monastic still ...
... Abbey , enjoying that luxury of wandering thought which one is apt to dig- nify with the name of reflection ; when suddenly an irruption of madcap boys from Westminster school , playing at foot - ball , broke in upon the monastic still ...
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... abbey , and shut up from the tu- mult of the world . I could only hear now and then the shouts of the schoolboys faintly swelling from the cloisters , and the sound of a bell tolling for prayers , that echoed soberly along the roofs of ...
... abbey , and shut up from the tu- mult of the world . I could only hear now and then the shouts of the schoolboys faintly swelling from the cloisters , and the sound of a bell tolling for prayers , that echoed soberly along the roofs of ...
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... abbey . In a short time , however , it became more distinct , and I soon found it an exceedingly fluent conversable little tome . Its language , to be sure , was rather quaint and obsolete , and its pronunciation what in the present day ...
... abbey . In a short time , however , it became more distinct , and I soon found it an exceedingly fluent conversable little tome . Its language , to be sure , was rather quaint and obsolete , and its pronunciation what in the present day ...
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