Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc., for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1878 - 119 Seiten |
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... given ; but the students should collect additional ones , and by means of them and of familiar talks by their teacher , there should be presented simply , but vividly , the man and the author . The general intent and the particular ...
... given ; but the students should collect additional ones , and by means of them and of familiar talks by their teacher , there should be presented simply , but vividly , the man and the author . The general intent and the particular ...
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... given the Chris- tian name of Washington . Before the time of Irving's first literary efforts the scholarly men of America , that is of the American colonies , were too busy with hard labor in subduing nature , resisting the rigorous ...
... given the Chris- tian name of Washington . Before the time of Irving's first literary efforts the scholarly men of America , that is of the American colonies , were too busy with hard labor in subduing nature , resisting the rigorous ...
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... given to English Literature in the High Schools , few authors can be studied , and only selections from their works can be critically read . The main purpose , then , of this brief course of study should be to form and cultivate a taste ...
... given to English Literature in the High Schools , few authors can be studied , and only selections from their works can be critically read . The main purpose , then , of this brief course of study should be to form and cultivate a taste ...
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... given to reading it in such a manner as to express clearly the thought , with such modi- fications of the voice as the sentiment requires . This should be accom- panied by such a running commentary by the teacher as will enable the ...
... given to reading it in such a manner as to express clearly the thought , with such modi- fications of the voice as the sentiment requires . This should be accom- panied by such a running commentary by the teacher as will enable the ...
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... given to day - dreaming , and fond of losing 16. A lengthening chain . " And drags at each remove a lengthening chain . " Goldsmith's Traveller , line 10. This expression is explained in the following passage from Goldsmith's Citizen of ...
... given to day - dreaming , and fond of losing 16. A lengthening chain . " And drags at each remove a lengthening chain . " Goldsmith's Traveller , line 10. This expression is explained in the following passage from Goldsmith's Citizen of ...
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Seite 51 - The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me ! " cried Bracebridge, laughing. At the sound of his voice, the bark was changed into a yelp of delight, and in a moment he was surrounded and almost overpowered by the caresses of the faithful animals.
Seite 28 - It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
Seite 44 - It was some time before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor. How that there had...
Seite 36 - ... robbed him of his gun. Wolf too had disappeared ; but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him and shouted his name, but all in vain; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen.
Seite 38 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay — the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. "My very dog," sighed poor Rip, "has forgotten...
Seite 28 - Indian corn, or building stone fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible.
Seite 37 - ... 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...
Seite 26 - Mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, 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.
Seite 40 - Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question, when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether...