Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1891 - 119 Seiten |
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... seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its concerns , and had time for meditation before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my 30 view , which contained all most dear to me in life , what vicissitudes ...
... seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its concerns , and had time for meditation before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my 30 view , which contained all most dear to me in life , what vicissitudes ...
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... seemed to have thrown an insur- mountable barrier . We one day descried some shapeless object drifting at a dis- tance . At sea , everything that breaks the monotony of the 75 surrounding expanse attracts attention . It proved to be the ...
... seemed to have thrown an insur- mountable barrier . We one day descried some shapeless object drifting at a dis- tance . At sea , everything that breaks the monotony of the 75 surrounding expanse attracts attention . It proved to be the ...
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... seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning , which quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly 140 terrible . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and prolonged by the ...
... seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning , which quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly 140 terrible . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and prolonged by the ...
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... seemed 18 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 entrance . A fine day , however , with a tranquil sea and favoring breeze , soon ...
... seemed 18 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 entrance . A fine day , however , with a tranquil sea and favoring breeze , soon ...
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... seemed disap- pointed and agitated , when I heard a faint voice call her name . It was from a poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage , and had excited the sympathy of every one on board . When 205 the weather was fine , his ...
... seemed disap- pointed and agitated , when I heard a faint voice call her name . It was from a poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage , and had excited the sympathy of every one on board . When 205 the weather was fine , his ...
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