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... ground ; and those few persons who had been induced to attend the sick in the pest - hospitals , and to bury the dead , were themselves daily falling victims to the malady . Amongst the difficulties to be encountered at this period ...
... ground ; and those few persons who had been induced to attend the sick in the pest - hospitals , and to bury the dead , were themselves daily falling victims to the malady . Amongst the difficulties to be encountered at this period ...
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... ground , a circum- stance which might , in some degree , perhaps , account for that district re- taining the infection for some months after its extinction in every other part of the island . Under these circum- stances , the governor ...
... ground , a circum- stance which might , in some degree , perhaps , account for that district re- taining the infection for some months after its extinction in every other part of the island . Under these circum- stances , the governor ...
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... observed , that on a cloudy night , a piece of glass , laid over an earthen pan containing water , and placed upon the ground , to be wet on its lower side , while the up- per 1819 . 11 Remarks on the Works of Dr Wells .
... observed , that on a cloudy night , a piece of glass , laid over an earthen pan containing water , and placed upon the ground , to be wet on its lower side , while the up- per 1819 . 11 Remarks on the Works of Dr Wells .
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... ground gan go . His girth and his stirrups also Maugre him he garr'd him stoop Backward over his mere's croupe , The feet toward the firmament , Behind the Saudon the spear outwent . He let him lie upon the green , He prick'd the fiend ...
... ground gan go . His girth and his stirrups also Maugre him he garr'd him stoop Backward over his mere's croupe , The feet toward the firmament , Behind the Saudon the spear outwent . He let him lie upon the green , He prick'd the fiend ...
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... grounds . Their ordinary amusements are pau- line , bowls , and piquet , but they are not very skilful , and shun those Pari- sians , who , being too well known in the Marais , * and at their wits ' ends , come hither to carry on their ...
... grounds . Their ordinary amusements are pau- line , bowls , and piquet , but they are not very skilful , and shun those Pari- sians , who , being too well known in the Marais , * and at their wits ' ends , come hither to carry on their ...
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Seite 322 - Rip's story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it. Some were seen to wink at each other and put their tongues in their cheeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook his head, upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. It was determined, however, to take the opinion of old Peter...
Seite 318 - ... of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.
Seite 320 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he 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.
Seite 322 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Seite 316 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
Seite 101 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Seite 316 - ... about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray or get among...
Seite 319 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Seite 320 - At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest.
Seite 320 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.