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... heard or read of the watery world beneath me ; of the finny herds that roam its fathom- less valleys ; of the shapeless monsters that lurk among the very foundations of the earth ; and of those wild phantasms that swell the tales of ...
... heard or read of the watery world beneath me ; of the finny herds that roam its fathom- less valleys ; of the shapeless monsters that lurk among the very foundations of the earth ; and of those wild phantasms that swell the tales of ...
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... heard of more ! " The sight of this wreck , as usual , gave rise to many dismal anecdotes . This was particularly the case in the evening , when the weather , which had hitherto been fair , began to look wild and threatening , and gave ...
... heard of more ! " The sight of this wreck , as usual , gave rise to many dismal anecdotes . This was particularly the case in the evening , when the weather , which had hitherto been fair , began to look wild and threatening , and gave ...
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... heard their drown- ing cry mingling with the wind . The blast that bore it to our ears swept us out of all farther hearing . I shall never forget that cry ! It was some time before we could put the ship about , she was under such head ...
... heard their drown- ing cry mingling with the wind . The blast that bore it to our ears swept us out of all farther hearing . I shall never forget that cry ! It was some time before we could put the ship about , she was under such head ...
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... heard the waves rushing along the side of the ship , and roaring in my very ear , it seemed as if Death were raging round this floating prison , seeking for his prey : the mere starting of a nail , the yawning of a seam , might give him ...
... heard the waves rushing along the side of the ship , and roaring in my very ear , it seemed as if Death were raging round this floating prison , seeking for his prey : the mere starting of a nail , the yawning of a seam , might give him ...
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... heard , or on which his studious years have pondered . From that time until the moment of arrival , it was all feverish excitement . The ships of war , that prowled like guardian giants along the coasts ; the headlands of Ireland ...
... heard , or on which his studious years have pondered . From that time until the moment of arrival , it was all feverish excitement . The ships of war , that prowled like guardian giants along the coasts ; the headlands of Ireland ...
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Page 63 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 377 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
Page 42 - In that same village, and in one of these very houses (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.
Page 435 - 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 90 - She sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking!
Page 322 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 146 - Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, on Wednesday, in Whitsun week, when the prince broke thy head for liking his father to a singing-man of Windsor ; thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me, and make me my lady, thy wife.
Page 420 - ... and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring...
Page 45 - Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing.
Page 53 - ... 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.