The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volum 2Wiley and Halsted, 1821 |
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... kind of logic satisfied many people , -but , after all , it was not the John Adams , but the Hornet that whipt them ; and the latter is a vessel about one third smaller and lighter every way , than the former . Now we confess our ...
... kind of logic satisfied many people , -but , after all , it was not the John Adams , but the Hornet that whipt them ; and the latter is a vessel about one third smaller and lighter every way , than the former . Now we confess our ...
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... kind and liberal friendship , in too many instances - to speak of his services with that impartiality which the subject requires . In the engagement between the Enterprise and Boxer , fortune soon after smiled upon our arms . This was ...
... kind and liberal friendship , in too many instances - to speak of his services with that impartiality which the subject requires . In the engagement between the Enterprise and Boxer , fortune soon after smiled upon our arms . This was ...
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... kind of forestalling courage , which ties one up to do a duty , after the manner of the low Irish who for- swear getting drunk , for it may compel one to acts his conscience must disapprove ; or , as in the case before us , may ...
... kind of forestalling courage , which ties one up to do a duty , after the manner of the low Irish who for- swear getting drunk , for it may compel one to acts his conscience must disapprove ; or , as in the case before us , may ...
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... kind of victory would not have gone down with the people , after the number of combats which had been fought confessedly to their disadvantage - but it seems that if John Bull is ever to be choked , it will not be with any thing he ...
... kind of victory would not have gone down with the people , after the number of combats which had been fought confessedly to their disadvantage - but it seems that if John Bull is ever to be choked , it will not be with any thing he ...
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... compelled to fight , its defence was so obstinate and so fatal to the assailants as to make a strong impression with regard to the kind of foe they were to contend with . In carrying these little gun Clark's Naval History of the U. S. 35.
... compelled to fight , its defence was so obstinate and so fatal to the assailants as to make a strong impression with regard to the kind of foe they were to contend with . In carrying these little gun Clark's Naval History of the U. S. 35.
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Pàgina 175 - ... in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment, he found his beard had grown a foot long!
Pàgina 173 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Pàgina 173 - From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, moving on its silent but majestic course, with the reflection of a purple cloud or the sail of a lagging bark here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands.
Pàgina 174 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Pàgina 178 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Pàgina 178 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Pàgina 173 - ... wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a...
Pàgina 177 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Pàgina 175 - ... countenances, that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game.
Pàgina 172 - ... swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.