Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1888 - 119 Seiten |
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... feel that the last still grapples us to home . But a wide sea voyage severs us at once . It makes us conscious of being cast loose from the 20 secure anchorage of settled life , and sent adrift upon a doubt- ful world . It interposes a ...
... feel that the last still grapples us to home . But a wide sea voyage severs us at once . It makes us conscious of being cast loose from the 20 secure anchorage of settled life , and sent adrift upon a doubt- ful world . It interposes a ...
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... feel that we are surrounded by the congregated bones of the great men of past times , who have filled history 75 with their deeds , and the earth with their renown . And yet it almost provokes a smile at the vanity of human ambition ...
... feel that we are surrounded by the congregated bones of the great men of past times , who have filled history 75 with their deeds , and the earth with their renown . And yet it almost provokes a smile at the vanity of human ambition ...
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... feel the impotency of consolation . It was some time before I left the churchyard . On my way homeward I met with the woman who had acted as comforter : she was just returning from accompanying the mother to her lonely habitation , and ...
... feel the impotency of consolation . It was some time before I left the churchyard . On my way homeward I met with the woman who had acted as comforter : she was just returning from accompanying the mother to her lonely habitation , and ...
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THE VOYAGE | 1 |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY | 11 |
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW | 28 |
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