Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1891 - 119 Seiten |
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... strange and distant land , of which we have no certain knowledge , and about which all our conceptions are vague and visionary . There is something extremely s lemn and awful in those effigies on Gothic tombs , extended as if in the ...
... strange and distant land , of which we have no certain knowledge , and about which all our conceptions are vague and visionary . There is something extremely s lemn and awful in those effigies on Gothic tombs , extended as if in the ...
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... strange effect upon the feelings , thus to hear the surges of active life hurrying along , and beating against the very walls of the sepulchre . I continued in this way to move from tomb to tomb , and 190 from chapel to chapel . The day ...
... strange effect upon the feelings , thus to hear the surges of active life hurrying along , and beating against the very walls of the sepulchre . I continued in this way to move from tomb to tomb , and 190 from chapel to chapel . The day ...
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... strange mixture of tombs and trophies ; these emblems of living and aspiring ambition , close beside mementos which show the dust . and oblivion in which all must , sooner or later , terminate . 225 Nothing impresses the mind with a ...
... strange mixture of tombs and trophies ; these emblems of living and aspiring ambition , close beside mementos which show the dust . and oblivion in which all must , sooner or later , terminate . 225 Nothing impresses the mind with a ...
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... strange shapes in the un- certain light ; the evening breeze crept through the aisles like the cold breath of the grave ; and even the distant footfall of a verger , traversing the Poets ' Corner , had something strange and dreary in ...
... strange shapes in the un- certain light ; the evening breeze crept through the aisles like the cold breath of the grave ; and even the distant footfall of a verger , traversing the Poets ' Corner , had something strange and dreary in ...
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... strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air . The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the ...
... strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air . The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the ...
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